num_pages: 676
description: 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.
language: English
title: Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion
titlecomplete: Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion
genres: Language, Theatre, Reference, Linguistics, Literature, Poetry, Criticism, Nonfiction, Dictionaries, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 355
publisher: Penguin Books