Shakespeare's Military Language

Description:

"Shakespeare's Military Language: A Dictionary is a comprehensive reference guide to Shakespeare's use of military language, customs and ideas. More than just a book of definitions, an A-Z of nearly 300 entries provides a comprehensive account of Shakespeare's portrayal of military life, tactics, and technology and explores how the plays comment upon military incidents and personalities of the Elizabethan era, and how warfare was presented on the Elizabethan stage. Warfare is everywhere in Shakespeare and the military action in many of Shakespeare's plays, and the military imagery in all his plays and poems, show that he possessed an extraordinarily detailed knowledge of warfare, both ancient and modern. Shakespeare's Military Language is an ideal guide to Shakespeare's military references for students of Shakespeare at every level."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

subjects: Dictionaries,  English language,  Glossaries, vocabularies,  Knowledge,  Military art and science,  Military art and science in literature,  Military history in literature,  Soldiers in literature,  War in literature,  Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, knowledge and learning,  English language, early modern, 1500-1700

People: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Times: Early modern, 1500-1700