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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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 embrace the quite difference nuances of Shakespearian English...

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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 English language is far better understood now than it was in his...

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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 bought it. An enterprising publisher should do something...

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