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Shakespeare and language : reason, eloquence and artifice in the Renaissance / Jonathan Hope.

  • Accession number

    83440925

  • Class

    65.01/HOP

  • ISBN

    9781904271697 (hbk.), 1904271693 (hbk.)

  • Language

    English

  • Physical description

    xvi, 247 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

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General note: Our understanding of words, and how they get their meanings, relies on a stable spelling system and dictionary definitions - things which did not exist in the Renaissance. Hope considers the ideas about language that separate us from Shakespeare.