Shakespeare's Language

<p>In <i>Shakespeare’s Language</i> Keith Johnson offers an overview of the rich and dynamic history of the reception and study of Shakespeare’s language from his death right up to the present. Tracing a chronological history of Shakespeare’s language Keith Johnson also picks up on classic and contemporary themes such as:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>lexical and digital studies</li> <p> </p> <li>original pronunciation</li> <p> </p> <li>rhetoric</li> <p> </p> <li>grammar.</li> </ul><p>The historical approach provides a comprehensive overview plotting the attitudes towards Shakespeare’s language as well as a history of its study. This approach reveals how different cultural and literary trends have moulded these attitudes and reflects changing linguistic climates; the book also includes a chapter that looks to the future. <i>Shakespeare’s Language</i> is therefore not only an essential guide to the language of Shakespeare but it offers crucial insights to broader approaches to language as a whole.</p>