TY - BOOK AU - Evans,B.Ifor TI - The language of Shakespeare's plays T2 - Routledge library editions U1 - 822.33 22 PY - 2013/// CY - Abingdon, New York PB - Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - English language KW - Early modern, 1500-1700 KW - Style KW - BUEsh KW - HHUUEENN KW - September2019 KW - Reading book N1 - First published in 1952 by Methuen & Co. Ltd; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - First published in 1952. This volume explores the function of verse in drama and the developing way in which Shakespeare controlled the rhetorical and decorative elements of speech for the dramatic purpose. The Language of Shakespeare's Plays explores the plays chronologically and so covers all the outstanding problems of Shakespearian language in a way that makes reference easy, without any loss of a continuing narrative ER -