Shakespeare's Names: A New Pronouncing Dictionary

By Louis Colaianni

The most comprehensive dictionary of its kind. Unlike preceding works, this contains every name mentioned in the entire Shakespeare canon. This completely up-to-date reference reflects pronunciation trends of American and British speech while taking into account the aesthetic scheme of Shakespeare's language.Accessible to all, it transcribes every name in both the International Phonetic Alphabet and simplified dictionary symbols. The names are arranged play by play and poem by poem to provide the reader with a quick study of a single work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896762157
• ISBN13: 9780896762152
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Drama Publishers/Quite Specific Media
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 8.9"