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. |
From inside the book
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... Rosalind To Celia 1 1 Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. As You Like It 2.1.12-14, Duke Senior To His Companions in the Forest of Arden 1 A wretched soul ...
... Rosalind To Orlando, Phoebe And Silvius all vying to declare their love 8 They will out of their burrows, like conies after rain. Coriolanus 4.5.217-18; A Servant suggests that Coriolanus' friends will reappear when his fortunes improve ...
... Rosalind To Phebe 8 What with the war, what with the sweat, what with the gallows, and what with poverty, I am custom-shrunk. Measure for Measure 1.2.81-3, Mistress Overdone; her business is a brothel 9 Farewell: Othello's occupation's ...
... Rosalind, of Orlando 9 Past hope, and in despair, that way past grace. Cymbeline 1.2.68, Imogen To Cymbeline 10 All's cheerless, dark and deadly. King Lear 5.3.288, Kent To Lear 1 1 Never, never, never, never, never. King Lear 5.3.307 ...
... Rosalind To Phebe 4 You come in faint for want of meat, depart reeling with too much drink: sorry that you have paid too much, and sorry that you are paid too much: purse and brain, both empty. Cymbeline 5.4.160-4, Gaoler To Posthumus 5 ...
Contents
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Life of Shakespeare | 325 |
Glossary | 329 |
Topic Index | 342 |
Keyword Index | 347 |
Index of References to Plays | 392 |