Shakespeare's Invention of Othello: A Study in Early Modern EnglishDid Shakespeare succeed in his characterisation of Othello? Or is the noble but degraded Moor psychologically implausible? This book enters an old controversy in a new way. Martin Elliott takes fully into account the fact that Shakespeare was writing in Early Modern English and explores word-meanings and syntax and finds an extended consistency. |
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... language that have influenced my thinking on this working - method , and I would like here to acknow- ledge my indebtedness to them . William Empson's work - not only ' Honest in Othello ' but also ' Honest Man ' and other essays in The ...
... language that have influenced my thinking on this working - method , and I would like here to acknow- ledge my indebtedness to them . William Empson's work - not only ' Honest in Othello ' but also ' Honest Man ' and other essays in The ...
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... Language . Would , should and could all had distinguishable meanings but are often used interchangeably ( pp . 95–7 ) ... Language , pp . 82-4 ; Hussey , The Literary Language of Shakespeare , pp . 117–19 ; Barber , Early Modern English ...
... Language . Would , should and could all had distinguishable meanings but are often used interchangeably ( pp . 95–7 ) ... Language , pp . 82-4 ; Hussey , The Literary Language of Shakespeare , pp . 117–19 ; Barber , Early Modern English ...
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... Language : Some Problems of Word Meaning in the Dramatic Text ( London : Longman , 1962 ) . ' Shakespeare's Language ' , in James Sutherland and Joel Hurstfield ( eds ) , Shakespeare's World ( London : Edward Arnold , 1964 ) pp . 136-55 ...
... Language : Some Problems of Word Meaning in the Dramatic Text ( London : Longman , 1962 ) . ' Shakespeare's Language ' , in James Sutherland and Joel Hurstfield ( eds ) , Shakespeare's World ( London : Edward Arnold , 1964 ) pp . 136-55 ...
Contents
But to be free and bounteous to her minde | 1 |
But that I loue the gentle Desdemona | 54 |
Who can controll his Fate? | 75 |
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Shakespeare’s Invention of Othello: A Study in Early Modern English Martin Elliott Limited preview - 1988 |
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