Description: Moving across Shakespeare studies, language studies and linguistics, this book develops a coherent analysis of the stylistics of Shakespeare's language.
Brief description: Mireille Ravassat is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Language at Valenciennes University, France
Review Quotes:
"This is a book full of fresh and illuminating perspectives and methods. It makes you realize the study of Shakespeare's language is only just beginning." --David Crystal, Honorary Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University, UK
"A welcome addition to the still relatively meagre output of books on Shakespeare's style. The chapters by different contributors take a fresh and insightful look at vocabulary, metre and rhetoric in the light of recent advances in stylistics." --Katie Wales, Special Professor, School of English, University of Nottingham, UK "The eleven articles included jointly offer an impressive scope of scholarship, catering to various literary and linguistic tastes, while bringing the multi-level nature of Shakespeare's style clearly into focus... The volume is an important contribution to scholarship, on several levels... The various linguistic aspects of Shakespeare's texts work cohesively together to create meaning. They are all needed in order for the overall idea to emerge. To appreciate the 'holistic' message, one needs to look at all the parts. This volume shows how it can be achieved." --Barbara Dancygier, University of British Columbia, English Text Construction (Vol. 6:1)