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- 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…
3 - The Performative Power of Shakespeare’s Language
from Part I - Basic Elements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2019
- 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
Sonnet 18 is one of Shakespeare’s best-known lyrics. What is Shakespeare doing in it? How is he using language, and to what effect?
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- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Language , pp. 35 - 52Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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