Shakespeare and London: A Dictionary

Shakespeare and London: A Dictionary
Author: Sarah Dustagheer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-01-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1350006807
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Shakespeare and London: A Dictionary is a topographical reference book of all the London locations, allusions and colloquial terms mentioned in Shakespeare's complete works. For many years critics have argued that Shakespeare did not engage with the city in which he lived, however London's topography and life is present in all his work, in its language, its locations and its characters. This dictionary offers a concise and fascinating insight into the city's impact on the Shakespearean imagination and provides readers with a wide-ranging guide to early modern London, its contemporary meanings and the ways in which Shakespeare employs these throughout the canon.

Shakespeare and London: A Dictionary

Shakespeare and London: A Dictionary
Author: Sarah Dustagheer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2021-01-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1350006815
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Shakespeare and London: A Dictionary is a topographical reference book of all the London locations, allusions and colloquial terms mentioned in Shakespeare's complete works. For many years critics have argued that Shakespeare did not engage with the city in which he lived, however London's topography and life is present in all his work, in its language, its locations and its characters. This dictionary offers a concise and fascinating insight into the city's impact on the Shakespearean imagination and provides readers with a wide-ranging guide to early modern London, its contemporary meanings and the ways in which Shakespeare employs these throughout the canon.

Shakespeare's Books

Shakespeare's Books
Author: Stuart Gillespie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2016-02-25
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1474216064
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Shakespeare's Books contains nearly 200 entries covering the full range of literature Shakespeare was acquainted with, including classical, historical, religious and contemporary works. The dictionary covers works whose importance to Shakespeare has emerged more clearly in recent years due to new research, as well as explaining current thinking on long-recognized sources such as Plutarch, Ovid, Holinshed, Ariosto and Montaigne. Entries for all major sources include surveys of the writer's place in Shakespeare's time, detailed discussion of their relation to his work, and full bibliography. These are enhanced by sample passages from early modern England writers, together with reproductions of pages from the original texts. Now available in paperback with a new preface bringing the book up to date, this is an invaluable reference tool.

Shakespeare's Beehive

Shakespeare's Beehive
Author: George Koppelman
Publisher: Axletree Books
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2015-10-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0692500324
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A study of manuscript annotations in a curious copy of John Baret's ALVEARIE, an Elizabethan dictionary published in 1580. This revised and expanded second edition presents new evidence and furthers the argument that the annotations were written by William Shakespeare. This ebook contains text in color, and images. We recommend reading it on a device that displays both.

Dictionary of Shakespeare

Dictionary of Shakespeare
Author: Louise McConnell
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2000
Genre:
ISBN: 9781579582159
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William Shakespeare is acknowledged to be the greatest writer in the English language. This new dictionary includes more than 1,500 entries that cover: Shakespeare's theatre and stagecraft; Elizabethan history and society; all of Shakespeare's plays and poems; his main characters; and terms used in critical reviews.Each of the encyclopedic entries provides a clear explanation of the term, its origins, relevance and use. Dictionary of Shakespeare has been carefully written in a non-technical way to insure that all levels of student and researcher will find the entries clear and uncomplicated.The entries help explain the terms used in Shakespeare's texts and in their execution and so provides the historical context required to give the reader a full background of the term. This feature sets the dictionary apart from others on the same subject that concentrate either on single plays or on the biographies of his characters. No other title explains so great a range of theatrical, historical, and"Shakespearean" terms.

Shakespeare's Medical Language: A Dictionary

Shakespeare's Medical Language: A Dictionary
Author: Sujata Iyengar
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2014-02-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1472557506
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Physicians, readers and scholars have long been fascinated by Shakespeare's medical language and the presence of healers, wise women and surgeons in his work. This dictionary includes entries about ailments, medical concepts, cures and, taking into account recent critical work on the early modern body, bodily functions, parts, and pathologies in Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Medical Language will provide a comprehensive guide for those needing to understand specific references in the plays, in particular, archaic diagnoses or therapies ('choleric', 'tub-fast') and words that have changed their meanings ('phlegmatic', 'urinal'); those who want to learn more about early modern medical concepts ('elements', 'humors'); and those who might have questions about the embodied experience of living in Shakespeare's England. Entries reveal what terms and concepts might mean in the context of Shakespeare's plays, and the significance that a particular disease, body part or function has in individual plays and the Shakespearean corpus at large.

Shakespeare and Domestic Life

Shakespeare and Domestic Life
Author: Sandra Clark
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2018-06-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1472581814
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This dictionary explores the language of domestic life found in Shakespeare's work and seeks to demonstrate the meanings he attaches to it through his uses of it in particular contexts. "Domestic life" covers a range of topics: the language of the household, clothing, food, family relationships and duties; household practices, the architecture of the home, and all that conditions and governs the life of the home. The dictionary draws on recent cultural materialist research to provide in-depth definitions of the domestic language and life in Shakespeare's works, creating a richly rewarding and informative reference tool for upper level students and scholars.

Shakespeare's Legal Language

Shakespeare's Legal Language
Author: B. J. Sokol
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0485115492
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This encyclopedia-style dicitonary explores early modern social life, legal thought, and the interactions within Shakespearean drama.

A Dictionary of Shakespeare

A Dictionary of Shakespeare
Author: Stanley Wells
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2005-11-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0191579351
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Compiled by the general editor of The Oxford Shakespeare, and one of the best-known authorities on the playwright's works, this dictionary offers information on all aspects of Shakespeare, both in his own time and in later ages. The wide-ranging entries cover Shakespeare's plays, as well as everything from famous actors, writers, and directors connected with Shakespeare, to theatres, historical figures and places of particular interest relating to his life and work. The dictionary also includes box features of passages on Shakespeare by other famous authors, from Dr Johnson and Jane Austin to Bernard Levin and Virginia Woolf. Ideal reference for the student, actor, or director, and fascinating browsing for the general reader interested in Shakespeare's life and work.