Shakespeare's Bawdy by Eric Partridge

Shakespeare's Bawdy by Eric Partridge

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Summary

First published in 1976, this study focuses primarily on the bawdier aspects in the works of William Shakespeare. This edition has a foreword by Stanley Wells, general editor of "The Oxford Shakespeare".

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Shakespeare's Bawdy by Eric Partridge

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.
'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-workIf ever a word-book deserved to be called a classic, it is this.' - David Crystal
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.
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ISBN 13 9780415050760
ISBN 10 0415050766
Title Shakespeare's Bawdy
Author Eric Partridge
Series Routledge Classics
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 1968-03-31
Number of pages 240
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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