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Shakespeares Language

Shakespeares Language

Frank Kermode

The true biography of Shakespeare is in the plays. The great English tragedies were all written in the first decade of the seventeenth century. They are often in language that is difficult to us, and must have been hard even for contemporaries. How and why did Shakespeare's language develop as it did?
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The true biography of Shakespeare - and the only one we really need to care about - is in the plays. Sir Frank Kermode, Britain's most distinguished literary critic, has been thinking about them all his life. This book is a distillation of that lifetime's thinking. The great English tragedies were all written in the first decade of the seventeenth century. They are often in language that is difficult to us, and must have been hard even for contemporaries. How and why did Shakespeare's language develop as it did? Kermode argues that the resources of English underwent major change around 1600. The originality of Kermodes's writing, and the intelligence of his discussion, make this book a landmark.

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Title - Shakespeares Language

Edition -

Author - Frank Kermode

ISBN 13 - 9780140285925

Imprint - Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher - Penguin Books Ltd

Date Published - 05/04/2001

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No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 19mm

Weight - 247 g

Languages - English