Multilingualism in the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries

Multilingualism in the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries / edited by Dirk Delabastita, University of Namur and Ton Hoenselaars, Utrecht University.

Ben Jonson animates The Alchemist with an intersection of languages. In this moral satire, he captures the layered dialects, specialized vocabularies, and social desires of London and holds them up for view. This essay examines the play's negotiation of 'vertical' and 'horizontal...

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Other Authors: Delabastita, Dirk (Editor), Hoenselaars, A. J., 1956- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015.
Series:Benjamins current topics ; 73.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Language and languages.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
1500-1699
Language and languages in literature.
Multilingualism and literature.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Multilingualism > Europe > History.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English drama
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan
Language and languages
Language and languages in literature
Multilingualism
Multilingualism and literature
Europe
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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