The Arden Dictionary Of Shakespeare QuotationsA&C Black, 2014 M07 11 - 408 pages Who said " Neither a lender nor a borrower be"? Who are the star-crossed lovers? Which Shakespearean lady protests "too much"? If you have ever been stuck trying to identify a Shakespearean quote then this is the book for you! With over 3,000 quotes from single lines to quite long extracts, organized by topic and by play, this is an essential book for anyone with an interest in Shakespeare. The key word index makes it easy to use and it also includes a glossary of unfamiliar terms and a brief biography of Shakespeare. The Dictionary is easy to dip into by word or theme (love, greed, disease, war etc) or by play, and the indexes allow readers to track down a half-remembered quote easily. An ideal companion for all students, teachers or performers of Shakespeare, this Dictionary is a useful and entertaining reference work. |
From inside the book
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... PROSPERO TO MIRANDA 5 Burn his books . Tempest 3.2.97 , CALIBAN's advice to STEPHANO , as the way to overcome Prospero 6 I love a ballad in print , . . . for then we are sure they are true . Winter's Tale 4.4.261–2 , the unsophisticated ...
... PROSPERO COMPROMISE 4 I would dissemble with my nature where My fortunes and my friends at stake required I should do so in honour . Coriolanus 3.2.62–4 , VOLUMNIA TO CORIOLANUS ; an ambitious mother's advice to her son COMRADESHIP 5 ...
... PROSPERO , of Caliban See also NIGHT DAUGHTERS 5 Still harping on my daughter . Hamlet 2.2.187-8 , POLONIUS 6 Those pelican daughters . King Lear 3.4.74 , LEAR TO KENT 7 Tigers , not daughters . King Lear 4.2.41 , ALBANY TO GONERIL 8 My ...
... PROSPERO TO MIRANDA ; more at LIFE ; PLAYS , PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES See also SLEEP AND SLEEPLESSNESS DRINKING 3 Falser than vows made in wine . As You Like It 3.5.73 , ROSALIND TO PHEBE 4 You come in faint for want of meat , depart ...
... PROSPERO 8 OLIVIA What's a drunken man like , fool ? FESTE Like a drowned man , a fool , and a madman : one draught above heat makes him a fool , the second mads him , and a third drowns him . Twelfth Night 1.5.127-30 DUTY 9 Every ...
Contents
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Life of Shakespeare | 325 |
Glossary | 329 |
Topic Index | 342 |
Keyword Index | 347 |
Index of References to Plays | 392 |