The Arden Dictionary Of Shakespeare QuotationsA&C Black, 2014 M07 17 - 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. |
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... Benedick 9 Was this face the face That every day under his household roof Did keep ten thousand men? Richard II 4.1.281-3, Richard To Bolingbroke And Northumberland - a rather poor echo of Christopher Marlowe's description of Helen of ...
... Benedick, coming round to the idea of marriage 4 From fairest creatures we desire increase, That thereby beauty's rose might never die. Sonnet 1.1-2 5 Die single, and thine image dies with thee. Sonnet 3.14 6 Herein lives wisdom, beauty ...
... Benedick To Claudio, on the tedium of the married state ENTHUSIASM 7 To business that we love we rise betime And go to't with delight. Antony and Cleopatra 4.4.20-1, Antony To A Soldier ENVY 8 When envy breeds unkind division: There ...
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Contents
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Life of Shakespeare | 325 |
Glossary | 329 |
Topic Index | 342 |
Keyword Index | 347 |
Index of References to Plays | 392 |