Shakespeare's Sexual Language
A Glossary
Published on 1. July 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-0-8264-9134-3 (ISBN)
Description
Shakespeare's use of sexual language, imagery and erotic themes is extensive, varied, and although this is necessarily hard to establish, probably innovative at times. This glossary provides a first-hand guide to Shakespeare's sexual language, some of which is notoriously difficult to unravel and whose roots go back into earlier literature. Compiled by Gordon Williams, author of the authoritative three volume Dictionary of Sexual Language and Imagery in Shakespearean and Stuart Literature, this is a comprehensive but concise reference guide to sexual language and imagery in Shakespeare. Entries are cross-referenced and include references to textual examples where possible.
Reviews / Votes
Mention -Bibliotheque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, Tome LXX-2008 'Gordon Williams's Glossary and his Dictionary of Shakespeare's sexual language (two different entities) are excellent.' - Bill Godshalk, Shaksper.net * Blurb from reviewer * 'May I, not for the first time, urge ... [colleagues] to turn to the very scholarly and responsible analysis of Gordon Williams in, for instance, his Glossary of Shakespeare's Sexual Language' Peter Holland, Professor at Notre Dame University, on shaksper.net * Blurb from reviewer * 'Recent editors can take advantage of the sane, scholarly but frank work of Gordon Williams in his three volume Dictionary of Sexual Language and Imagery in Shakespearean and Stuart Literature and its handy offshoot, A Glossary of Shakespeare's Sexual Language.' - Professor Stanley Wells in 'Looking for Sex in Shakespeare' * Blurb from reviewer *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
593 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-9134-3 (9780826491343)
DOI
CBID125335
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07/2006
1st Edition
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
€110.49
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Person
Gordon Williams is Reader in English at the University of Wales, Lampeter. Previous books include A Dictionary of Sexual Language and Imagery in Shakespearean and Stuart Literature (3 vols, Athlone, 1994) and Shakespeare, Sex and the Print Revolution (Athlone, 1996).
Content
Introduction
Method, Scope and Conventions of the Glossary
Signs and Abbreviations
Glossary
Bibliography
Method, Scope and Conventions of the Glossary
Signs and Abbreviations
Glossary
Bibliography