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ThefinestandfullestguidetothepeculiaritiesofElizabethansyntax,grammar,andprosody,thisvolumeaddresseseveryidiomaticusagefoundinShakespeare'sworks(withadditionalreferencestotheworksofJonson,Bacon,andothers).Itsinformativeintroduction,whichcomparesShakespearianandmodernusage,isfollowedbysectionsongrammar(classifiedaccordingtopartsofspeech)andprosody(focusingonpronunciation).Thebookconcludeswithanexaminationoftheusesofmetaphorandsimileandaselectionofnotesandquestionssuitableforclassroomuse.Eachofmorethan500classificationsisillustratedwithquotes,allofwhicharefullyindexed.Unabridgedrepublicationoftheclassic1870edition.,