Shakesplish: How We Read Shakespeare's Language

by Paula Blank

Book Overview

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"