A Shakespeare glossary / C.T. Onions ; enlarged and revised throughout by Robert D. Eagleson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Onions, C. T. (Charles Talbut), 1873-1965.

Contributor:

Eagleson, Robert D.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Language--Glossaries, etc.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Physical Description:

xvii, 326 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press, 1986.

Summary:

A justly famous aid to the study of Shakespeare, this glossary--originally compiled by C.T. Onions, an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary--clarifies those words in Sshakespeare whose senses or connotations may be unfamiliar to the modern reader, with special attention given to dialect forms, idioms, and colloquial phrases. Original in its explanations and illuminating in its definitions, the Glossary brings out the richness and subtley found in Elizabethan English. Incorporating the many advances made in the field since the last (revised) edition was published in 1919, this volume reveals new facts about the meanings of words in Shakfespeare, alters previous interpretations, and resolves earlier controversies. In addition, the book takes advantage of two highly accurate, computer based concordances that make ever occurrence of each word immediately accesssible for investigation and comparison. A reference work without peer, the Glossary is an essential source for students, scholars, playgoers and readers of Shakespeare, and those interested in the history of the English language.

Notes:

Bibliography: pages viii-xvii.

ISBN:

0198111991 :

0198125216

OCLC:

10725457