Abstract
Shakespeare inherited his understanding of 'language' from the Middle Ages. In the seventeenth century, our very different modern understanding is established. Yet Shakespeare, as a touchstone of modernity, has to be presented as sharing ourlinguistic conceptions. I argue that our treatment of Shakespeare, language, and modernity, is contradictory and highly problematic.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Medieval Shakespeare |
Subtitle of host publication | pasts and presents |
Editors | Ruth Morse, Helen Cooper, Peter Holland |
Place of Publication | Cambridge |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 78-97 |
Number of pages | 20 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781107016279 |
Publication status | Published - 28 Feb 2013 |
Keywords
- shakespeare
- shakespeare's language
- linguistics
- history of grammar