Author: | Eric Partridge | ISBN: | 9781134522095 |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | July 8, 2005 |
Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
Author: | Eric Partridge |
ISBN: | 9781134522095 |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Publication: | July 8, 2005 |
Imprint: | Routledge |
Language: | English |
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.
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.