Shakesplish: How We Read Shakespeare's Language
(Part of the Square One: First-Order Questions in the Humanities Series)
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For all that we love and admire Shakespeare, he is not that easy to grasp. He may have written in Elizabethan English, but when we read him, we can't help but understand his words, metaphors, and syntax in relation to our own. Until now, explaining the powers and pleasures of the Bard's language has always meant returning it to its original linguistic and rhetorical contexts. Countless excellent studies situate his unusual gift for words in relation...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1503607577
ISBN13:9781503607576
Release Date:November 2018
Publisher:Stanford University Press
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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