Shakespeare's Insults : Educating Your Wit Paperback - 1995 - 1st Edition
by Wayne F. Hill; Cynthia J. Ottchen
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"He has not so much brain as ear wax" (Troilus and Cressida). What can one say to the croaking ravens, whoreson jacknapes, shallow jesters, and dull and muddy-mottled rascals of the world? Culled from 38 plays, here are the best 5,000 of the bard's glorious invective, arranged by play, in order of appearance, with helpful act and line numbers for easy reference.
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- Title Shakespeare's Insults : Educating Your Wit
- Author Wayne F. Hill; Cynthia J. Ottchen
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Crown/Archetype, New York
- Date 1995
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0517885395I3N00
- ISBN 9780517885390 / 0517885395
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.03 x 5.19 x 0.76 in (20.40 x 13.18 x 1.93 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Quotations, English, Shakespeare, William - Quotations
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95030760
- Dewey Decimal Code 822.33
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First line
SPEAK, breathe, discuss, brief, short, quick, snap! Be ready when the need arises.
From the jacket flap
The sharpest stings ever to snap from the tip of an English-speaking tongue are here at hand, ready to be directed at the knaves, villains, and coxcombs of the reader's choice. Culled from 38 plays, here are the best 5,000 examples of Shakespeare's glorious invective, arranged by play, in order of appearance, with helpful act and line numbers for easy reference, along with an index of topical scorn appropriate to particular characters and occasions. Line art.