A Shakespeare Glossary

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0198125216 ISBN13: 9780198125211 Release Date: May 1986 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Length: 346 Pages Weight: 1.90 lbs. Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0" A justly famous aid to the study of Shakespeare, this glossary--originally compiled by C.T. Onions, an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary--clarifies those words in Shakespeare whose senses or connotations may be unfamiliar to the modern reader, paying special attention to dialect forms, idioms, and colloquial phrases. Original in its explanations and illuminating in its definitions, the Glossary brings out the richness and subtley found in Elizabethan English. Incorporating the many advances made in the field since the last (revised) edition was published in 1919, this volume reveals new facts about the meanings of words in Shakespeare, alters previous interpretations, and resolves earlier controversies. In addition, the book takes advantage of two highly ac