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These books are not written for scholars, but for readers who want to
enjoy Shakespeare completely. Remember, Shakespeare was a popular dramatist.
He wrote for the people. He was able to make a living from his work because he used
humor, and wasn't above using double entendrees to delight his audience.
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 Shakespeare's Bawdy
by Eric Partridge
Was the Elizabethan audience prudish? Maybe -- or
maybe not. Since Shakespeare wrote for an audience that included the nobility as
well as the "lower" classes, he had to amuse them both. Since language is
ever-changing, we often miss the clever (and very funny) sexual innuendo and double
entendree. Shakespeare's Bawdy will bring you right up to date, giving a new
dimension to your enjoyment of the plays.
Paperback - 223 pages; Reissue edition (March 1991), Routledge.
 A Dictionary of Shakespeare's Sexual Puns and Their Significance
by Frankie Rubinstein
Paperback 2nd Rep edition (January 1996)
St Martins Pr (Short); ISBN: 0312126778 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 1.27 x 9.09 x 6.05
 Coined by Shakespeare : Words and
Meanings First Used by the Bard
by Jeffrey McQuain and Stanley Malless; R. O. Blechman
(Illustrator).
Paperback - 272 pages (January 1998).
Brush Up Your Shakespeare!
by Michael MacRone
Hardcover - 256 pages (August 1998)
Grammercy; ISBN: 0517189356 ; Dimensions (in
inches): 0.95 x 8.58 x 5.81
Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit
 by William Shakespeare, Wayne F. Hill, Cynthia J. Ottchen
(September 1995)
Paperback - 323 pages
We have used this book in our house as an alternative to
unimaginative and lazy (swearing) language. Try it with your family!
 Shakespeare's
Insults for Teachers
by William Shakespeare, Cynthia J.
Ottchen(Contributor), Wayne F. Hill
Hardcover, September, 1996
Do you work with idiots, obstructionists or boors?
You need this book discreetly kept in a desk drawer to get you through the day.
This book also makes an excellent hardcover gift at a moderate price.
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