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Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words: A Guide from A to Zounds
Author(s): Dale F. Coye (Author)
- Publisher: Greenwood (UK)
- Publication Date: 30 Jun. 1998
- Language: English
- Print length: 744 pages
- ISBN-10: 0313306559
- ISBN-13: 9780274960903
Book Description
In order to determine which pronunciations are actually in use today, 100 Shakespearean scholars and dramaturges from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom were asked for their recommendations on over 300 controversial words. This survey together with research from a variety of dictionaries and linguistic studies are the authorities for the pronunciations given here.
Pronouncing Shakespeare’s Words is written for a general audience and not solely for experts. Readers will find the language straightforward, and pronunciations are given in a clear, simple form. Variants are listed for the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., and the listings indicate which are most frequently used within that country, which are older or traditional, and which are nonstandard. Helpful appendices, including a brief overview of pronunciation in Elizabethan England and special notes on selected words and word endings, are also included.Editorial Reviews
Review
“This indispensable new reference work negotiates between the past and the present, and between the study and the stage. Coye…helps readers and actors to overcome their fear of Shakespeare’s vocabulary.”-Cary M. Mazer Associate Professor of English and Chair of The Theatre Arts Program University of Pennsylvania
.,.”this is still the only collection of established scholarly opinion on pronunciation and one of the few resources providing guidance for place and proper names. This work will greatly benefit students and professors of Shakespearean literature and drama and is recommended for academic libraries supporting these departments.”-Library Journal
?…this is still the only collection of established scholarly opinion on pronunciation and one of the few resources providing guidance for place and proper names. This work will greatly benefit students and professors of Shakespearean literature and drama and is recommended for academic libraries supporting these departments.?-Library Journal
?Dale F. Coye’s Pronouncing Shakespeare’s Words: A Guide from A to Zounds is a valuable reference work for both students, and teachers….This work is a useful resource for all library reference collections.?-Essays in Theatre
?Pronouncing Shakespeare’s Words is an authoritative resource which will undoubtedly be extremely useful to actors, students, teachers, and general readers of Shakespeare. Recommended for academic, public, and high school libraries…?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
?Readers of the Bard’s works who care enough to understand them well will appreciate the convenience and clarity of Coyle’s pronunciations and definitions.?-Rettig on Reference
“Dale F. Coye’s Pronouncing Shakespeare’s Words: A Guide from A to Zounds is a valuable reference work for both students, and teachers….This work is a useful resource for all library reference collections.”-Essays in Theatre
“Pronouncing Shakespeare’s Words is an authoritative resource which will undoubtedly be extremely useful to actors, students, teachers, and general readers of Shakespeare. Recommended for academic, public, and high school libraries…”-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
“Readers of the Bard’s works who care enough to understand them well will appreciate the convenience and clarity of Coyle’s pronunciations and definitions.”-Rettig on Reference
…”this is still the only collection of established scholarly opinion on pronunciation and one of the few resources providing guidance for place and proper names. This work will greatly benefit students and professors of Shakespearean literature and drama and is recommended for academic libraries supporting these departments.”-Library Journal
