Shakespeare’s Language: Perspectives Past and Present
Keith Johnson
InShakespeare's Language, Keith Johnson offers an overview of the rich and dynamic history of the reception and study of Shakespeare's language from his death right up to the present. Tracing a chronological history of Shakespeare's language, Keith Johnson also picks up on classic and contemporary themes, such as:
lexical and digital studies
original pronunciation
rhetoric
grammar.
The historical approach provides a comprehensive overview, plotting the attitudes towards Shakespeare's language, as well as a history of its study. This approach reveals how different cultural and literary trends have moulded these attitudes and reflects changing linguistic climates; the book also includes a chapter that looks to the future.Shakespeare's Languageis therefore not only an essential guide to the language of Shakespeare, but it offers crucial insights to broader approaches to language as a whole.
lexical and digital studies
original pronunciation
rhetoric
grammar.
The historical approach provides a comprehensive overview, plotting the attitudes towards Shakespeare's language, as well as a history of its study. This approach reveals how different cultural and literary trends have moulded these attitudes and reflects changing linguistic climates; the book also includes a chapter that looks to the future.Shakespeare's Languageis therefore not only an essential guide to the language of Shakespeare, but it offers crucial insights to broader approaches to language as a whole.
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Año:
2019
Editorial:
Routledge
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
218
ISBN 10:
1138236187
ISBN 13:
9781138236189
Archivo:
PDF, 4.71 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2019