| Description |
1 online resource (539 pages) |
| Series |
Continuum Shakespeare Dictionaries |
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Continuum Shakespeare Dictionaries
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| Contents |
Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; A-Z; General Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This encyclopedia-style Dictionary is a comprehensive reference guide to Shakespeare's literary knowledge and recent scholarship on it. Nearly 200 entries cover the full range of literary writing Shakespeare was acquainted with, and which influenced his own work, including classical, historical, religious and contemporary works. It provides an overview of his use of authors such as Virgil, Chaucer, Erasmus, Marlowe and Samuel Daniel, whose influence is across the canon. Other entries cover anonymous or collective works such as the Bible, Emblems, Homilies, Chronicle History plays and the Moral |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dictionaries.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Literature
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Sources.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
| Subject |
English literature.
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Literature
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English literature
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781847143389 |
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1847143385 |
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