Shakespeare's Military Language
A Dictionary
Published on 15. December 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
442 pages
978-0-8264-7777-4 (ISBN)
Description
More than just a book of definitions, the dictionary provides a comprehensive account of Shakespeare's portrayal of military life, tactics, and technology. Warfare is everywhere in Shakespeare, and the military action in many of Shakespeare's plays show that he possessed an extraordinarily detailed knowledge of warfare, both ancient and modern. His use of military expressions, customs, and ideas is discussed, with insights into how the plays comment upon military incidents and personalities of the Elizabethan era, and how warfare was presented on the Elizabethan stage. Entries include 'alarum', 'battery', 'ensign', 'kern', 'martial law', 'sentinel', 'Turk', 'vaward'.
Reviews / Votes
"Under the general editorship of Sandra Clarke, the series provides a comprehensive guide to significant specialist topics appearing in the Shakespeare oeuvre and includes reference works on Shakespeare's use of the law, his bookish knowledge, and his manipulation of theatrical practices and conventions.... What Edelman does competently and thoroughly is to provide detailed coverage of military terms and practices familiar to Shakespeare's audience but strange and even outlandish to a present day reader.... The dictionary entries fully explain unfamiliar terminology while the system of cross-referencing leads the reader toward a clear overview of a wide range of specialist theory and practice which, if followed through systematically, accumulates to produce an informed (though necessarily preliminary) account of Shakespeare's deployment of it."- Nina Taunton, The Shakespearean Apocrypha: A Publication of the Shakespeare Yearbook -- The Shakespearean ApocryphaMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
673 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-7777-4 (9780826477774)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Charles Edelman is Honorary Senior Fellow at Edith Cowan University, Australia.
Content
Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Conventions; Abbreviations; Introduction; A - Z of Shakespeare's Legal Language; Bibliography; Index