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Genre/Form: | Electronic book |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Neil Rhodes |
ISBN: | 9780199235933 0199235937 |
OCLC Number: | 1055352233 |
Target Audience: | Scholarly & Professional |
Description: | 1 online resource (272 pages) |
Contents: | Introduction ; 1. Renaissance Articulations ; 2. Did Shakespeare Study Creative Writing? ; 3. Both Sides Now ; 4. Vernacular Values ; 5. Commonplace Shakespeare ; 6. The Origins of English ; Afterword |
Abstract:
What did Shakespeare learn at school? Did he study creative writing? This book addresses these and similar questions as the author shows where the modern subject of 'English' came from, and what part Shakespeare played in its formation. By looking at the origins of English we gain a new perspective on the subject as it is practised today.
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Shakespeare and the Origins of English will keep provoking and inspiring not only Renaissance scholars, but all kinds of students of all kinds "Englishes". * Veronika Ruttkay, The AnaChronist *

