192 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

`Professor Mahood's book has established itself as a classic in the field, not so much because of the ingenuity with which she reads Shakespeare's quibbles, but because her elucidation of pun and wordplay is intelligently related both to textual readings and dramatic significance.' - Revue des Langues Vivantes

Preface I The Fatal Cleopatra II Romeo and Juliet III Richard the Second IV The Sonnets V Hamlet VI Macbeth VII The Winter’s Tale 1VIII A World of Words Index

Biography

Professor M M Mahood

`Professor Mahood's book has established itself as a classic in the field, not so much because of the ingenuity with which she reads Shakespeare's quibbles, but because her elucidation of pun and wordplay is intelligently related both to textual readings and dramatic significance.' - Revue des Langues Vivantes