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Shakespeare's wordplay / [by] M. M. Mahood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mahood, M. M. (Molly Maureen)
- Series:
- University paperbacks, UP242
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Literary style.
- Shakespeare, William.
- English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Semantics.
- English language.
- English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Style.
- Plays on words.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Methuen, 1968.
- Summary:
- `Professor Mahood's book has established itself as a classic in the field, not so much because of the ingenuity with which she reads Shakespeare's quibbles, but because her elucidation of pun and wordplay is intelligently related both to textual readings and dramatic significance.' - Revue des Langues Vivantes
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface page; The Fatal Cleopatra; Romeo and Juliet; Richard the Second; The Sonnets; Hamlet; Macbeth; The Winter's Tale; A World of Words; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes index.
- Bibliographical footnotes.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-07207-5
- 0-203-35902-X
- 978020335902X
- 0-203-37578-5
- 1-134-95847-1
- 1-134-95848-X
- 9786610072071
- 9780203359020
- OCLC:
- 275206883
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