Explores Shakespeare's language through the lens of early modern English for deeper understanding
Uses translation theory and linguistics to analyze how modern readers comprehend Shakespeare
Argues that Shakespeare's language is a hybrid English with modern comprehension errors
Investigates why and how readers find Shakespeare's language beautiful, funny, or smart
Offers insights into the evolving relationship between Shakespeare and contemporary readers
Summarized by Shop
This book on Shakespeare's language is the first to explore how we modern American or English-speaking readers hear, understand, fail to understand, are amused, disturbed, bored, moved, and challenged by it today.
