The Language of Shakespeare's Plays

<p>First published in 1952.<br><br> 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.<br><br> 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.</p> Chapter 1 THE BEGINNING IN WORDS; Chapter 2 FROM WORDS TO ACTION AND FROM WORDS TO PEOPLE; Chapter 3 THE EARLY HISTORIES; Chapter 4 A MIDSUMMER-NIGHTS DREAM; Chapter 5 ROMEO AND JULIET; Chapter 6 HENRY IV, Part I and Part II; Chapter 7 THE MIDDLE COMEDIES; Chapter 8 HAMLET; Chapter 9 MEASURE FOR MEASURE; ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL; TROILUS AND CRESSIDA; Chapter 10 OTHELLO AND MACBETH; Chapter 11 KING LEAR; Chapter 12 THE ROMAN PLAYS; Chapter 13 CYMBELINE; THE WINTER'S TALE; THE TEMPEST;