Eric Partridge ; with a foreword by Stanley Wells.
New York :
Routledge,
2001.
xii, 291 pages ;
21 cm.
Routledge classics
Originally published: London : Routledge, [1947], with new introd.
Essay -- 1. Introductory -- 2. Non-Sexual Bawdy -- 3. Homosexual -- 4. Sexual -- 5. General -- 6. Valedictory.
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This classic of Shakespeare scholarship begins with a masterly introductory essay analysing and exemplifying the various categories of sexual and non-sexual bawdy expressions and allusions in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. The main body of the work consists of an alphabetical glossary of all words and phrases used in a sexual or scatological sense, with full explanations and cross-references.
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616-- Language
Shakespeare, William-- Language.
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.
Bawdy poetry, English-- History and criticism.
English language-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- Obscene words.