Entries provide the likely sources for a name; describe historical and mythological backgrounds; examine Shakespeare's presentation of a character or place; and suggest various interpretations of a name. Each entry contains line citations to William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, edited by Wells a
The Shakespeare Name and Place Dictionary
โ Scribed by J. Madison Davis; A. Daniel Frankforter
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 547
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Entries provide the likely sources for a name; describe historical and mythological backgrounds; examine Shakespeare's presentation of a character or place; and suggest various interpretations of a name. Each entry contains line citations to William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, edited by Wells and Taylor, Oxford University Press, 1986.
โฆ Subjects
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Dictionaries. ; Names, Geographical, in literature -- Dictionaries. ; Names, Personal, in literature -- Dictionaries.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
The Shakespeare Name Dictionary identifies everything: characters (Touchstone, the clown in As You Like It ), places (Tours, the French city mentioned in Henry VI ), animals (Tray, one of King Lear's three dogs), buildings (the Tower of London), officials (Roman Tribunes), rivers (the Trent), nation