Opis: Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words - Coye

A sensible and straightforward guide for students, teachers, and actors of Shakespeare. Based on the results of an extensive survey of 100 Shakespearean scholars and dramatists from the US, Canada, and the UK. Their recommendations on the pronunciation of over 300 controversial words, together with a variety of linguistic studies, are the authorities for the pronunciations given here. Pronunciation variants are listed for the UK, Canada, and the US. 'This is still the only collection of established scholarly opinion on pronunciation ... This work will greatly benefit students and professors of Shakespearean literature and drama and is recommended for academic libraries supporting these departments' Library Journal 'It is unusual for a completely new reference tool to come along, but here is one - it is going to be invaluable for literature collections.' Reference Reviews 'This is an authoritative resource that will undoubtedly be extremely useful to actors, students, teachers and general readers of Shakespeare. Recommended for academic, public and high-school libraries.' Reference Books BulletinPreface Pronunciation Key Abbreviations Introduction Using the Guide The Basic Text: The Riverside Shakespeare Which Words Are Included? Notation Pronunciation Variants within the United States How the Pronunciations Were Determined When Is a Variant Pronunciation "Wrong"? Mannered Pronunciations and the Influence of British English in North America Lost Rhymes and Puns Proper Names Foreign Words and Phrases Regional, Foreign, and Lower Class Accents Altering Modern Pronunciation to Fit the Verse Variations of the Basic Iambic Pentameter Line Shifting the Stress of a Word to Maintain the Iambic Rhythm Compressing Words Expanding Words Why Follow the Iambic Meter? A Pronouncing Guide to the Plays and Poems The Most Common "Hard" Words in Shakespeare The Most Common Reduced Forms The Plays All's Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Edward III Hamlet Henry IV part one Henry IV part two Henry V Henry VI part one Henry VI part two Henry VI part three Henry VIII Julius Caesar King John King Lear Love's Labor's Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo and Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Two Noble Kinsmen The Winter's Tale The Poems A Lover's Complaint The Passionate Pilgrim The Phoenix and the Turtle The Rape of Lucrece The Sonnets Venus and Adonis Appendices Appendix A: Common Words with More than One Standard Pronunciation in Today's English Appendix B: Common Archaic Forms in Shakespeare Appendix C: The Vowel Systems of North American and British English Appendix D: Special Notes on Selected Words, Word Endings, and Prefixes Appendix E: Pronunciation in Elizabethan England References Index of Words Subject Index

Szczegóły: Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words - Coye

Tytuł: Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words
Autor: Coye
Producent: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
ISBN: 9781579580810
Rok produkcji: 1998
Ilość stron: 724
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 1.2 kg

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