Shakespeare's Bawdy

Name: Shakespeare's Bawdy
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780415255530
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By Eric Partridge

Series: Routledge Classics

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Shakespeare's Bawdy opens with a masterly introductory essay that analyses and exemplifies the various categories of sexual and non-sexual bawdy expressions in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. The main section is an alphabetical glossary detailing words and phrases used in a sexual or scatological sense, complete with full explanations and cross-references, providing invaluable insight into the bawdy humour of Shakespeare's work.
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Ideal for Shakespeare enthusiasts, scholars, students of English literature, and anyone interested in Elizabethan language, especially the risqué and humorous aspects of the Bard's writing.

This classic work fully explains the whole range of sexual, scatological language and allusion in Shakespeare's works. Consisting of an alphabetical glossary with cross-references, this book helps the modern reader to make sense of the bawdy.

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This classic of Shakespeare scholarship begins with a masterly introductory essay analysing and exemplifying the various categories of sexual and non-sexual bawdy expressions and allusions in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets.

The main body of the work consists of an alphabetical glossary of all words and phrases used in a sexual or scatological sense, with full explanations and cross-references.

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Shakespeare's Bawdy

Series: Routledge Classics

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Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

David Crystal praises it as a classic that remains fresh and original decades after publication, combining personal insight with scholarly detective work. Reference Reviews regard it as the standard introduction on the topic and note the value of this reasonably priced reprint. Roy Johnson appreciates Partridge's learned, swashbuckling style and the book's wealth of entertaining examples.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415255530

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 May 2001

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 4th edition

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 720g

Pages: 304

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Education & Reference Eric Partridge Non-Fiction Science & Nature Series: Routledge Classics

About the Author

Eric Partridge (1884-1979) was the author of some three dozen books, mainly on the aspects of the English language. Stanley Wells is an eminent Shakespearean scholar and the general editor of Oxford Shakespeare.