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This second edition reconsiders every detail of the first in the light of modern scholarship. It includes essays on Shakespeare's language by David Crystal, an index of characters and bibliography of foundational works. The first edition sold over 350,000 copies.
Synopsis
Combines scholarship with editorial material in this volume, which includes a foreword, list of contents, general introduction, essay on language, contemporary allusions to Shakespeare, glossary, consolidated bibliography, and index of first lines of Sonnets.