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The Language of Shakespeare's Plays
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Author: B. Ifor Evans
Publisher: Methuen & Co., London
Description: Hardcover with dust jacket. 216 pages. Third edition.
Date: 1966
Condition: Spine caps lightly bumped. Crease on the spine.
Dust Jacket: Some shelf wear and soiling. Spine is faded. Front flap is creased at the lower corner.
Contents: 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. One of the many elements emphasized is the increasing use of a simple and direct language in the plays and Shakespeare's difficulty in achieving this amid the temptation of more elaborate form.
Publisher: Methuen & Co., London
Description: Hardcover with dust jacket. 216 pages. Third edition.
Date: 1966
Condition: Spine caps lightly bumped. Crease on the spine.
Dust Jacket: Some shelf wear and soiling. Spine is faded. Front flap is creased at the lower corner.
Contents: 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. One of the many elements emphasized is the increasing use of a simple and direct language in the plays and Shakespeare's difficulty in achieving this amid the temptation of more elaborate form.










