Shakespeare's Bawdy
4th Edition
By Eric Partridge
Foreword by Stanley Wells
Published May 18th 2001 by Routledge – 240 pages
Series: Routledge Classics
Description
This classic of Shakespeare scholarship begins with a masterly introductory essay analysing and exemplifying the various categories of sexual and non-sexual bawdy expressions and allusions in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. The main body of the work consists of an alphabetical glossary of all words and phrases used in a sexual or scatological sense, with full explanations and cross-references.
Reviews
'It reads as freshly today as it did fifty years ago, when it surprised everyone with its originality and daring, an intriguing blend of personal insight and solid detective-work. If ever a word-book deserved to be called a classic, it is this.' - David Crystal
Author Bio
Eric Partridge (1884-1979) was the author of some three dozen books, mainly on the aspects of the English language. Stanley Wells is an eminent Shakespearean scholar and the general editor of Oxford Shakespeare.
Name: Shakespeare's Bawdy: 4th Edition (Hardback) – Routledge
Description: By Eric PartridgeForeword by Stanley Wells. This classic of Shakespeare scholarship begins with a masterly introductory essay analysing and exemplifying the various categories of sexual and non-sexual bawdy expressions and allusions in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. The main body of the...
Categories: Shakespeare, English Language, General Reference, Languages of Western Europe
