Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s Language
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s Language
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Basic Elements
- 1 Shakespeare and the Problem of Style
- 2 Shakespeare’s Creativity with Words
- 3 The Performative Power of Shakespeare’s Language
- 4 Verse and Metre
- 5 The Dynamics of Shakespearean Dialogue
- 6 Figures of Speech at Work
- Part II Shaping Contexts
- Part III New Technologies
- Part IV Contemporary Sites for Language Change
- Appendix Glossary of Rhetorical Figures
- Further Reading
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to…
1 - Shakespeare and the Problem of Style
from Part I - Basic Elements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2019
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s Language
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s Language
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Basic Elements
- 1 Shakespeare and the Problem of Style
- 2 Shakespeare’s Creativity with Words
- 3 The Performative Power of Shakespeare’s Language
- 4 Verse and Metre
- 5 The Dynamics of Shakespearean Dialogue
- 6 Figures of Speech at Work
- Part II Shaping Contexts
- Part III New Technologies
- Part IV Contemporary Sites for Language Change
- Appendix Glossary of Rhetorical Figures
- Further Reading
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to…
Summary
How does Shakespeare speak of style? Among his twenty thousand or so words, ‘style’ is not especially prominent, occurring fewer than twenty times. The range of those few uses, however, is wide enough to show the complexity of the concept, and to suggest how vital it is for his work even when it goes unnamed.
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