Winner of Best Book, Publication, or Recording prize at the Falstaff Awards 2015 Shortlisted for the 2016 SLA Information Book Award The Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary is the first of its kind, a brand new illustrated alphabetical dictionary of all the words and meanings students of Shakespeare need to know. Every word has an example sentence selected from the twelve most studied plays, including Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Henry V. Usage notes and theatre notes provide additional background to Shakespearean times and the performance of his plays. Further support is provided by language panels on select topics like the humours, swearing, and stage directions, and full-colour illustrated thematic spreads on special feature topics from clothes and armour to music and recreation. The dictionary is easy to use with its clear signposting, accessible design, and expertly levelled contemporary look and feel. It is the perfect support for a full understanding of Shakespeare, created by renowned authors Professor David Crystal and actor Ben Crystal, a father and son team who combine for the first time the academic and the theatre, bringing together language, literature, and lexicography in this unique Shakespeare dictionary of global appeal.
Winner of Best Book, Publication, or Recording prize at the Falstaff Awards 2015 Shortlisted for the 2016 SLA Information Book Award The Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary is the first of its kind, a brand new illustrated alphabetical dictionary of all the words and meanings students of Shakespeare need to know. Every word has an example sentence selected from the twelve most studied plays, including Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Henry V. Usage notes and theatre notes provide additional background to Shakespearean times and the performance of his plays. Further support is provided by language panels on select topics like the humours, swearing, and stage directions, and full-colour illustrated thematic spreads on special feature topics from clothes and armour to music and recreation. The dictionary is easy to use with its clear signposting, accessible design, and expertly levelled contemporary look and feel. It is the perfect support for a full understanding of Shakespeare, created by renowned authors Professor David Crystal and actor Ben Crystal, a father and son team who combine for the first time the academic and the theatre, bringing together language, literature, and lexicography in this unique Shakespeare dictionary of global appeal.
Comprehensive dictionary for studying Shakespeare at school and at home
David Crystal, well-known writer, editor, lecturer and broadcaster
on the English language, is also honorary professor of linguistics
at the University of Bangor. Among his many books are Think on my
Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language, (with his son Ben)
Shakespeare's Words and The Shakespeare Miscellany and (with his
wife Hilary) Wordsmiths and Warriors: the English-language
Tourist's Guide to Britain. He was Sam Wanamaker Fellow at
Shakespeare's Globe in
2003-4 and received an OBE for services to the English language.
Ben Crystal is an actor, writer and producer. Along with books
co-written with his father, he wrote a series of introductions
to
Shakespeare's plays for Arden called Springboard Shakespeare and
his Shakespeare on Toast was shortlisted for the Educational Writer
of the Year Award. He and his ensemble perform Shakespeare in
original pronunciation - a first reading of Macbeth in OP was in
the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe - and give
workshops around the world.
`"Sometimes you find a book and think, 'Why didn't someone do this
years ago?' The answer is probably that no-one else could have
approached the job or seen it through to completion so
magnificently. This is much more than a valuable resource to make
Shakespeare's vocabulary accessible to students; it is so crammed
with delicious snippets that it is a delight to browse."'
UK Literacy Association (UKLA)
`"Savvy navigation tools, skilful indexing and clever colour coded
referencing."'
The BookBag
`"Guaranteed to enhance enjoyment and understanding of
Shakespeare's work."'
Parents In Touch
`"Stunningly useful book"'
The Guardian
`"A modern and dynamic approach to Shakespeare's language
usage"'
Editing Matters
`"It is not only scholarly and comprehensive, it is hugely
enjoyable"'
Books for Keeps
`"A charming and deliciously meaty book, it's a must for every
primary and secondary English and Drama classroom in my view, and
essential for the school library too."'
Susan Elkin, The School Librarian
`"It's a joyful celebration as much as an aid to teaching and
learning and affectionate as it is scholarly"'
Teach Secondary
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