Drama - Literary Criticism, English Language Reference, English Literature

The Language of Shakespeare's Plays

Name: The Language of Shakespeare's Plays
Author: B. Ifor (Benjamin Evans
ISBN: 9780415845571

by B. I. Evans

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Overview

First published in 1952.

This volume explores the function of verse in drama and the developing way in which Shakespeare controlled the rhetorical and decorative elements of speech for the dramatic purpose.

The Language of Shakespeare's Plays explores the plays chronologically and so covers all the outstanding problems of Shakespearian language in a way that makes reference easy, without any loss of a continuing narrative.