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Author Maguire, Laurie E.

Title Shakespeare's names / Laurie Maguire
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 256 pages)
Series Oxford Shakespeare topics
Oxford Shakespeare topics.
Contents The Patronym: Montague and Capulet -- The Mythological Name: Helen -- The Diminutive Name: Kate -- The Place Name: Ephesus
Summary This unusual and fascinating book convinces readers that names matter in Shakespeare's plays - and that playing with names is a serious business. The focus is Shakespeare - in particular, case-studies of Romeo and Juliet, Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, All's Well that Ends Well, and Troilus and Cressida - but the book also shows. what Shakespeare inherited and where the topic developed after him. - ;How do names attach themselves to particular objects and people and does this connection mean anything? This is a question which goes as far back as Plat
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-242) and index
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Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Language.
SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast
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Shakespeare -- William -- 1564-1616 -- Characters. blmlsh
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Language. nli
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- språk. sao
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Subject Names, Personal, in literature.
English language -- Etymology -- Names.
Language and languages in literature.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Literature and folklore.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
Characters and characteristics in literature
English language -- Etymology -- Names
Language and languages
Language and languages in literature
Literature and folklore
Names, Personal, in literature
Drama.
Personenname.
Drama
Name
Names, Personal, in literature.
English language -- Etymology -- Names.
Language and languages in literature.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Literature and folklore.
Personnamn i litteraturen.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191527524
0191527521
9786611149871
6611149872
1435621832
9781435621831