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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... Troilus and Cressida 1.2.287 , Cressida to PANDARUS ACTION , immediate 6 That we would do , We should do when we would . Hamlet 4.7.118–19 , CLAUDIUS TO LAERTES 7 If it were done , when ' tis done , then ' twere well 8 It were done ...
... Troilus and Cressida 4.5.15–16 , ULYSSES TO AGAMEMNON , of Diomedes ANGER 10 This tiger - footed rage . Coriolanus 3.1.311 , MENENIUS TO BRUTUS 1 Come not between the dragon and his wrath ! ANGER 17.
... Troilus and Cressida 3.2.16 , TROILUS , about to be brought to Cressida by Pandarus ANTONY see MARK ANTONY ANXIETY 1 Doubting things go ill often hurts more Than ANTONY.
... Troilus and Cressida 1.3.83-4 , ULYSSES TO THE GREEK PRINCES ; ' degree ' here means ' rank ' , and ' vizarded ' , ' masked ' 5 Cucullus non facit monachum ; that's as much to say , as I wear not motley in my brain . 6 Twelfth Night 1.5 ...
... Troilus and Cressida 2.2.187–9 , HECTOR TO TROJAN PRINCES BAD NEWS see NEWS , bad BAD PEOPLE 6 He will steal an egg out of a cloister . All's Well That Ends Well 4.3.245 , PAROLLES TO SOLDIERS 7 I fear your disposition . King Lear 4.2 ...
Contents
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Life of Shakespeare | 325 |
Glossary | 329 |
Topic Index | 342 |
Keyword Index | 347 |
Index of References to Plays | 392 |