Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s Language
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s Language
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Basic Elements
- Part II Shaping Contexts
- Part III New Technologies
- Part IV Contemporary Sites for Language Change
- Appendix Glossary of Rhetorical Figures
- Further Reading
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to…
Part IV - Contemporary Sites for Language Change
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2019
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s Language
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s Language
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Basic Elements
- Part II Shaping Contexts
- Part III New Technologies
- Part IV Contemporary Sites for Language Change
- Appendix Glossary of Rhetorical Figures
- Further Reading
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to…
Summary
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, does it. Likewise, Peter Quince, carpenter of Athens. They write for actors. And writing for actors, they tell us something about how the playwright who’s written them writes for actors.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Language , pp. 205 - 261Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019