9780521030557-0521030552-Shakespeare and Social Dialogue: Dramatic Language and Elizabethan Letters

Shakespeare and Social Dialogue: Dramatic Language and Elizabethan Letters

ISBN-13: 9780521030557
ISBN-10: 0521030552
Author: Lynne Magnusson
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 232 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780521030557
ISBN-10: 0521030552
Author: Lynne Magnusson
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 232 pages

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Shakespeare and Social Dialogue: Dramatic Language and Elizabethan Letters (ISBN-13: 9780521030557 and ISBN-10: 0521030552), written by authors Lynne Magnusson, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2006. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Writing (Writing, Research & Publishing Guides) books. You can easily purchase or rent Shakespeare and Social Dialogue: Dramatic Language and Elizabethan Letters (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Writing books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Shakespeare and Social Dialogue develops a systematic analysis of the rhetoric of social exchange in early modern England. Magnusson brings together writings, particularly letters, from the Elizabethan period that are normally read as historical documents and compares them with Shakespeare's play texts and sonnets. Using techniques from discourse analysis and linguistic pragmatics, especially "politeness theory," she argues that Shakespeare's language is rooted in the everyday language of Elizabethan culture. The author's readings bridge the gap between new historicism and linguistic criticism.
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