PAPER 1: THE HISTORY, USE AND THEORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
 

Shakespeare for Section C

*G. L. Brook, The Language of Shakespeare
N. F. Blake, Shakepeare's Language: An Introduction
*S. S. Hussey, The Language of Shakespeare
C. T. Onions, rev. R. D. Eagleson, A Shakespeare Glossary
P. Edwards, I-S. Ewbank and G. A. Hunter (eds.), Shakespeare's Styles
see also essays in The Language of Literature, ed. N. Page
V. Salmon, 'Elizabethan Colloquial English in the Falstaff Plays', Leeds Studies in English N.S. 1 (1967)
A. McIntosh and C. F. Williamson, 'King Lear, Act 1, scene 1: two stylistic notes', RES N.S. 14 (1963)
Shakespeare Survey, vol. 14
V. Salmon and E. Burness eds. A Reader in the language of Shakespearean Drama
G. Ronberg, A Way with Words (1991)

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Shakespeare's language handout

Shakespeare resource centre