Shakespeare's wordcraft
"For readers who have a passion for Shakespeare, writers who wish to learn from his remarkable craft, actors, directors, and others who want to know what's behind the immortal Bard's glorious words, author Scott Kaiser takes a comprehensive look at Shakespeare's stellar use of language devices throughout his plays, devices he used to ink memorable lines." "In a clear, accessible, non-academic style - using plain terms, modern quotes, and several thousand examples - Mr. Kaiser deftly reveals how Shakespeare's lasting lines were not accidental or coincidental, but designed and crafted by a master of the word to delight the ear, stimulate the mind, and stir the heart."--Jacket
Dictionary
xxii, 311 pages ; 23 cm
9780879103453, 0879103450
126854649
1. Words
Prefixes
Suffixes
Front clipping
End clipping
Compound words
2. Additions
Added connecting words
Rephrasing
Superfluous words
Amplification
Corrections
Abuse
Curses
3. Repetitions
Repeated consonants
Repeated vowels
Repeated syllables
Rhyme
Repeated words
Repeated phrases
2. Reverberations
Immediate repetitions
Delayed repetitions
Initial repetitions
Final repetitions
Divided couples
Bookends
Landings
Ladders
5. Transformations
Sense shifting
Form shifting
Repeated structures
Sound-alikes
6. Substitutions
Parts of speech
Related words
Unrelated words
Nicknames
Exaggerations
Mock rhetoric
Euphemism
Malaprops
Malaforms
7. Omissions
Omitted connecting words
Omitted nouns
Omitted verbs
Complex omissions
Unfinished thoughts
Humility
Swearing
8. Order
"If" constructions
"Either/or" constructions
"Neither/nor" constructions
Similes
Metaphor
Parable
Personification
Parallel lists
Negation
Antithesis
Asking questions
Answering questions
9. Disorder
Parenthesis
Nouns and adjectives
Word order
Cart before the horse
Divorced partners
Disordered lists
Paradox
Oxymoron
Puns
Miscommunications