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Shakespeare's Bawdy

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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.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Routledge

Release: May 18, 2001

ISBN: 0415254000

ISBN 13: 9780415254007

Shakespeare's Bawdy

4.1/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Routledge

Release: May 18, 2001

ISBN: 0415254000

ISBN 13: 9780415254007

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