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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 822
EAN num: 9780879103453
ISBN number: 0879103450
Label: Limelight Editions
Manufacturer: Limelight Editions
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 312
Printing Date: March 01, 2007
Publishing house: Limelight Editions
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Written for readers who have a passion for Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Wordcraft takes a comprehensive look at Shakespeare's stellar use of language devices throughout his plays, devices he used to ink memorable lines like these: * I must be cruel only to be kind * Fair is foul, and foul is fair * Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more! * Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! In a clear, accessible, non-academic style - using plain terms, modern quotes, and several thousand examples - Shakespeare's Wordcraft deftly reveals how these lasting lines were not accidental or coincidental, but designed and crafted by a master of the word.
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It was a delight to read and reference this work for details into Shakespeare's inner voice and language. How did he form the words that have so emotional impact? Scott Kaiser provides a master key in the usage itself and how the sounds and symbols of words sharpened the ear to be pierce through with richer meaning. I've been looking for something like this for years, and I'm glad someone finally wrote it. Fantastic book for playwrights, screenwriters, and writers of all kinds to add new dimensions to their own stories.
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Kaiser has the entertaining idea of using brief quotes from Shakespeare--hundreds and hundreds of quotes--to impart lessons for effective, occasionally memorable writing, mostly word usage and sentence structure. Thus one is treated to numerous Shakespearean quotes as examples of notable word usage and fundamental writing techniques identified by Kaiser. He names these words, additions, repetitions, reverberations, transformations, substitutions, omissions, order, and disorder. Within each of the nine chapters are several subsections for different aspects of the technique. Delayed Repetitions and Landings are two of the eight aspects under Reverberations. "Shame, and eternal shame, nothing but shame" from "Hamlet" is one example of the former. "Dost thou teach pardon, pardon to destroy?" is an example from "King Richard the Second" of Landings, explained as "[t]he last word or words of a phrase repeated as the beginning of the subsequent phrase." The unique writer's handbook can be studied systematically or be a bedside companion to dip into randomly for enjoyment and instruction.
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Nine basic patterns of Shakespeare's language are revealed for students of both English and drama, offering a survey of how Shakespeare used words, phrases, expressions and images to solidify his ideas and plays. WORDCRAFT could have been recommended in our Literary Shelf area but is featured here for its broader applications to drama students at the high school, college and public performance levels alike: this audience will especially appreciate Shakespeare authority Scott Kaiser's revelations.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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This book analyzes Shakespeare in a way that makes it easy to understand. This book has really helped me in a class that I am taking about Shakespeares works and has helped me not only understand the words and message of Shakespeare's stories, but also helped me get to be one of the better students in my class!
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