- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1 edition (Oct 3 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0517885395
- ISBN-13: 978-0517885390
- Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 1.8 x 20.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 268 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #259,851 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Published by MainSail Press, 944 Northwest 9th Court, Miami, FL 33136. A fun collection of the bard's well-turned barbs, arranged by play, with short sections providing insults for particular occasions and a handy listing for abusive name-calling. 5x7.75" Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Book Description
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.
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SPEAK, breathe, discuss, brief, short, quick, snap! Be ready when the need arises. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Why use your own insults when Shakepeare's are so colorful?,
By "boy_howdy" (Northfield, MA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit (Paperback)
Based on the premise that "people NEED insults," Hill and Ottchen here offer a catalogue of every insult the immortal bard ever published. It must have been a tedious collection process, but the work was well worth it; as anyone even the slightest bit familiar with Shakespeare would expect, here in this isolated form his insults reveal themselves as powerful, picturesque, and scathing. The language and the diversity of emotion and expression will not fail to impress you. My one quibble with the collection is that is seems rudderless in its organization. If we are intended to use the language as our own, why does most of the book consist of a list of insults organized by PLAY (which is hard to use, and a bit tedious to read unless you are treating the book as a concordance for the play itself) rather than by type of insult or applicability? (The final section offers this, but it is VERY short). In terms of content and concept, though, this book makes for a great addition to a classroom, resource collection, letter-writing desktop, or to the Shakeseare-lover's coffee table -- a good gift for the scholar or bibliophile.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Book Of Bad Words,
By A Customer
This review is from: Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit (Paperback)
This was the best book I ever bought!
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This review is from: Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit (Paperback)
This book will is a sure fire way to get friends laughing. So buy it, you cofbeater!
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