Shakespeare'S Language

The true biography of Shakespeare is in the plays. The great English tragedies were all written in the first decade of the seventeenth century. They are often in language that is difficult to us, and must have been hard even for contemporaries. How and why did Shakespeare's language develop as it did?

• | By (Author): Frank Kermode
• | Series:
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Apr 05, 2001
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 336 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 014028592X
• | ISBN-13: 9780140285925