@article{904089,
      recid = {904089},
      author = {Magnusson, Lynne, and Schalkwyk, David,},
      title = {The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare's language /},
      pages = {xiv, 293 pages ;},
      abstract = {"The power of Shakespeare's complex language - his  linguistic playfulness, poetic diction and dramatic  dialogue - inspires and challenges students, teachers,  actors and theatre-goers across the globe. It has iconic  status and enormous resonance, even as language change and  the distance of time render it more opaque and difficult.  The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Language provides  important contexts for understanding Shakespeare's  experiments with language and offers accessible approaches  to engaging with it directly and pleasurably. Incorporating  both practical analysis and exemplary readings of  Shakespearean passages, it covers elements of style, metre,  speech action and dialogue; examines the shaping contexts  of rhetorical education and social language; test-drives  newly available digital methodologies and technologies; and  considers Shakespeare's language in relation to  performance, translation and popular culture. The Companion  explains the present state of understanding while  identifying opportunities for fresh discovery, leaving  students equipped to ask productive questions and try out  innovative methods"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/904089},
}