ABSTRACT

First published in 1952.

This volume explores the function of verse in drama and the developing way in which Shakespeare controlled the rhetorical and decorative elements of speech for the dramatic purpose.

The Language of Shakespeare's Plays explores the plays chronologically and so covers all the outstanding problems of Shakespearian language in a way that makes reference easy, without any loss of a continuing narrative.

chapter |6 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter IV|8 pages

A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM

chapter V|9 pages

ROMEO AND JULIET

chapter VI|14 pages

HENRY IV, Part I and Part II

chapter VIII|16 pages

HAMLET

chapter X|23 pages

OTHELLO AND MACBETH

chapter XI|14 pages

KING LEAR

chapter XIII|13 pages

CYMBELINE; THE WINTER'S TALE ; THE TEMPEST