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Author Williams, Gordon, 1935-

Title Shakespeare's sexual language : a glossary / by Gordon Williams.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Continuum, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (352 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Student Shakespeare library
Student Shakespeare library.
Note Originally published as: A glossary of Shakespeare's sexual language. London : Athlone, 1997.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction; Method, Scope, and Conventions of the Glossary; Signs and Abbreviations; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Select Bibliography.
Summary 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. Entri.
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Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Language -- Glossaries, etc.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Erotic literature, English -- Dictionaries.
Erotic literature, English.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Subject Figures of speech -- Dictionaries.
Figures of speech.
Sex in literature -- Dictionaries.
Sex in literature.
Sex symbolism -- Dictionaries.
Sex symbolism.
Sex -- Dictionaries.
Sex.
Chronological Term 1500 - 1700
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Dictionaries.
Added Title Glossary of Shakespeare's sexual language
Other Form: Print version: Williams, Gordon, 1935- Glossary of Shakespeare's sexual language. Shakespeare's sexual language. London ; New York : Continuum, 2006 0826491340 9780826491343 (OCoLC)77540384
ISBN 9781847144553 (electronic book)
1847144551 (electronic book)