Shakespeare Lexicon And Quotation Dictionary (Two-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Alexander Schmidt
Binding: Paperback
Published: Dover Publications, 1971
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary presents a monumental two-volume reference work that catalogues every English word, phrase, and grammatical construction found in Shakespeare’s plays and poems. This nonfiction dictionary instructs readers in the linguistic richness and syntactic complexity of Elizabethan English, offering precise definitions alongside illustrative quotations from the Bard’s complete works. Schmidt argues for the necessity of rigorous philological study to fully grasp Shakespeare’s artistry, detailing how language shaped character, rhythm, and dramatic tension. The volumes chronicle the evolution of meaning across texts, revealing thematic patterns and rhetorical nuance.
Author: Alexander Schmidt
Binding: Paperback
Published: Dover Publications, 1971
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary presents a monumental two-volume reference work that catalogues every English word, phrase, and grammatical construction found in Shakespeare’s plays and poems. This nonfiction dictionary instructs readers in the linguistic richness and syntactic complexity of Elizabethan English, offering precise definitions alongside illustrative quotations from the Bard’s complete works. Schmidt argues for the necessity of rigorous philological study to fully grasp Shakespeare’s artistry, detailing how language shaped character, rhythm, and dramatic tension. The volumes chronicle the evolution of meaning across texts, revealing thematic patterns and rhetorical nuance.