Ben Crystal, David Crystal

Broschiertes Buch

Shakespeare's Words

A Glossary and Language Companion

Beschreibung

Suitable for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by modern audience. It features different panels that look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address.

Autor

David Crystal is one of the most authoritative commentators on the English language, and amongst many other things a contributor to the Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. He lives in Anglesey, Wales. Ben Crystal, David's son, is an actor and lives in London (NW1). Stanley Wells, who has written the preface, is General Editor of the Oxford Shakespeare and Associate Editor of the New Penguin Shakespeare series.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 676
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 174mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1272g
• ISBN-13: 9780140291179
• ISBN-10: 0140291172
• Artikelnr.: 21538336