Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion

by David Crystal, Ben Crystal, Stanley Wells (Preface by)

Overview

A vital resource for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by or are unknown to a modern audience. Displayed panels look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address. Plot summaries are included for all Shakespeare's plays and on the facing page is a unique diagramatic representation of the relationships within each play.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140291179
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/31/2002
Pages:	676
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.00(h) x 2.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

David Crystal is one of the most authoritative commentators on the English language, and amongst many other things a contributor to the Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. He lives in Anglesey, Wales. Ben Crystal, David's son, is an actor and lives in London (NW1). Stanley Wells, who has written the preface, is General Editor of the Oxford Shakespeare and Associate Editor of the New Penguin Shakespeare series.

Table of Contents

	Preface	X
	Introduction	XI
	Abbreviations, Symbols, and Conventions	XVII
	Text Abbreviations	XIX
	List of Glossary Panels	XX
	Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)	XXI
	A-Z Glossary	1
	Shakespearian Circles, Synopses, and Dramatis Personae	511
	Text Chronology	592
	List of Characters' Names	593
	Appendices
	List of Appendices	612
I-VI	Beings	613
VII	Times	630
VIII-X	Places	631
XI-XVI	Languages and Dialects	638