The language of Shakespeare's plays
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.
1 online resource (207 pages)
9780415845571, 9780415352857, 9781315018379, 0415845572, 0415352851, 1315018373
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1. The Beginning in Words 2. From Words to Action and from Words to People 3. The Early Histories 4. A Midsummer-Night's Dream 5. Romeo and Juliet 6. Henry IV , Part I and Part II 7. The Middle Comedies 8. Hamlet 9. Measure for Measure; All's Well That Ends; Troilus and Cressida 10. Othello and Macbeth 11. King Lear 12. The Roman Plays 13. Cymbeline: The Winter's Tale; The Tempest
Originally published in 1952 by Methuen & Co. Ltd