Shakesplish : how we read Shakespeare's language /
Paula Blank.
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource.
- Square one : first-order questions in the humanities .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Shakespeare in modern English -- "Beautiful" -- "Sexy" -- "Funny" -- "Smart" -- Shakespeare as modern English.
This book on Shakespeare's language is the first to explore how we modern American or English-speaking readers hear, understand, fail to understand, are amused, disturbed, bored, moved, and challenged by it today.