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Pronouncing Shakespeare's words : a guide from A to Zounds / Dale Coye.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3081 .C87 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coye, Dale F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Language--Glossaries, etc.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Pronunciation--Dictionaries.
- English language.
- English language--Early modern--Pronunciation.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 342 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2002.
- Summary:
- How do you pronounce "zounds, Milan, housewife and hundreds of other words in Shakespeare's plays? In this ingenious book, Dale Coye has provided a guide to each significant word, line-by line, scene-by-scene, in twenty of Shakespeare's most popular plays. More than" "a simple pronouncing dictionary, Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words" pays attention to scansion, displays alternative pronunciations in different centuries and geographical areas, and provides a simple pronunciation guide requiring no knowledge of lexicographic symbols. Now available in an affordable paperback edition, "Pronouncing Shakespeare's Plays" will become a vade mecum (pronounced VAH-day MAY-cum) for actors, students, and general readers of Shakespeare.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-341) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415941822
- OCLC:
- 50079802
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