Bifor Evans
First published in 1952.
This volume explores the function of verse in drama and the developing way in which Shakespeare controlled the rhetorical and decorative elements of speech for the dramatic purpose.
The Language of Shakespeare's Plays explores the plays chronologically and so covers all the outstanding problems of Shakespearian language in a way that makes reference easy, without any loss of a continuing narrative.
First published in 1952.This volume explores the function of verse in drama and the developing way in which Shakespeare controlled the rhetorical and decorative elements of speech for the dramatic purpose.The Language of Shakespeare's Plays explores the plays chronologically and so covers all the outstanding problems of Shakespearian language in a way that makes reference easy, without any loss of a continuing narrative.
Chapter 1 THE BEGINNING IN WORDS; Chapter 2 FROM WORDS TO ACTION AND FROM WORDS TO PEOPLE; Chapter 3 THE EARLY HISTORIES; Chapter 4 A MIDSUMMER-NIGHTS DREAM; Chapter 5 ROMEO AND JULIET; Chapter 6 HENRY IV, Part I and Part II; Chapter 7 THE MIDDLE COMEDIES; Chapter 8 HAMLET; Chapter 9 MEASURE FOR MEASURE; ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL; TROILUS AND CRESSIDA; Chapter 10 OTHELLO AND MACBETH; Chapter 11 KING LEAR; Chapter 12 THE ROMAN PLAYS; Chapter 13 CYMBELINE; THE WINTER'S TALE; THE TEMPEST;
This is indeed a stimulating study...' British Book News.
A book abounding in perceptive criticism Times Literary Supplement
