Ebook: Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words

Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words A GUIDE FROM A TO ZOUNDS; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Pronunciation Key; Abbreviations; Introduction; Using the Guide; The Basic Text: The Riverside Shakespeare; Which Words Are Included?; Notation; Pronunciation Variants within the United States; How the Pronunciations Were Determined; When Is a Variant Pronunciation "Wrong"?; Mannered Pronunciations and the Influence of British English in North America; Lost Rhymes and Puns; Proper Names; Foreign Words and Phrases; Regional, Foreign, and Lower-Class Accents; Altering Modern Pronunciation to Fit the Verse.;First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.