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A Shakespeare Glossary

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A Shakespeare Glossary, by C. T. Onions. 1919

Since 1911, when this Glossary was first published, there have been few outstanding discoveries in Shakespeare's vocabulary. Yet in 1919 a half-page of Adenda was required for this book, which became more than two pages in 1941, and now, in response to suggestions, this supplement exceeds five crammed pages. The student's attention may be directed to the following features:--spellings like debuty, exion, and squene; the pronunciation of July, and one; clipped forms such as as 's and 't; the provincialisms bleak, che vor ye, dog-hole, edge, fusty, goodyear, grow to, obstacle; the uses of caterpillar, politician, side, too-too, and write over; idioms such as to death, of the world, fast and loose, die and live, such another; the technicalities s.vv. piece, quest, sob, and soul; semantic and syntactical conditions of and, as, and of--some of them, indeed, small change, but the interpretation of Shakespeare is a good deal concerned 'de minimis'.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1969

A Shakespeare Glossary

0/5 ( ratings)

A Shakespeare Glossary, by C. T. Onions. 1919

Since 1911, when this Glossary was first published, there have been few outstanding discoveries in Shakespeare's vocabulary. Yet in 1919 a half-page of Adenda was required for this book, which became more than two pages in 1941, and now, in response to suggestions, this supplement exceeds five crammed pages. The student's attention may be directed to the following features:--spellings like debuty, exion, and squene; the pronunciation of July, and one; clipped forms such as as 's and 't; the provincialisms bleak, che vor ye, dog-hole, edge, fusty, goodyear, grow to, obstacle; the uses of caterpillar, politician, side, too-too, and write over; idioms such as to death, of the world, fast and loose, die and live, such another; the technicalities s.vv. piece, quest, sob, and soul; semantic and syntactical conditions of and, as, and of--some of them, indeed, small change, but the interpretation of Shakespeare is a good deal concerned 'de minimis'.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1969

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