A Shakespearian Grammar: An Attempt to Illustrate Some of the Differences Between Elizabethan and Modern...

Every idiomatic usage that readers encounter in Shakespeare appears here, with additional references to the works of Jonson, Bacon, and other Elizabethan authors. Includes sections on Shakespearian grammar, prosody, metaphor, and simile. Each of more than 500 classifications is illustrated with quotes, all of which are fully indexed.

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-12-2005; A unique and well informed study; The great beauty of Abbott's study is that it is pre-eminently readable. Still, there's no pleasing some people. One reviewer has criticised Abbott's book as 'unreadable.' Perhaps it is, if you can't be bothered to stretch your mind to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-04-2005; A difficult approach to a difficult topic; This book was written by a schoolteacher as a proposed textbook for schoolboys -- in 1870 (at least, the third edition). I will not dispute Mr. Abbott's knowledge of Shakespeare; it is obviously extensive. But the history of the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-26-2001; The classic on its subject; This book should be in print, ready for keen students of Shakespeare to buy. I have a reprint by Dover, which I bought in 1967 and have intensively used; it is still in very good edition, after all those years, and was very cheap when I...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-12-2005; A unique and well informed study; The great beauty of Abbott's study is that it is pre-eminently readable. Still, there's no pleasing some people. One reviewer has criticised Abbott's book as 'unreadable.' Perhaps it is, if you can't be bothered to stretch your mind to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-04-2005; A difficult approach to a difficult topic; This book was written by a schoolteacher as a proposed textbook for schoolboys -- in 1870 (at least, the third edition). I will not dispute Mr. Abbott's knowledge of Shakespeare; it is obviously extensive. But the history of the...; read full review | report as inappropriate