description: Although first published (in a German edition) more than 100 years ago, this study has much validity for the present-day student of Shakespeare. The author discusses the growth of the English language since Shakespeare's day, and the playwright's use of works which today would be considered corrupt or obscure. He also analyzes in considerable detail the dangers inherent in tampering with difficult phrases used by Shakespeare, and the results of such tampering.THIS TITLE IS CITED AND RECOMMENDED BY: Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature.
language: English
title: Shakespeare hermeneutics;: Or, The still lion, being an essay towards the restoration of Shakespeare's text
titlecomplete: Shakespeare hermeneutics;: Or, The still lion, being an essay towards the restoration of Shakespeare's text
publisher: Haskell House Publishers