Punctuation and Its Dramatic Value in Shakespearean Drama

This work seeks to trace the common and changing uses of punctuation for dramatic purposes in Elizabethan England by examining the practice of particular playwrights. After preliminary chapters on the development of punctuation in the Renaissance and Elizabethan grammars, printing, and manuscripts and quarto plays, individual plays are discussed: the anonymous Gammer Gurton's Needle, Shakespeare's Richard II, John Marston's Parasitaster and The Malcontent, and Jonson's Volpone.

ISBN	0874135427	Pages	192
ISBN13	9780874135428 (What's this?)	Volumes	001
Publisher	Associated University Presses	Weight (grammes)	460
Imprint	University of Delaware Press	Published in	Cranbury
Format	Hardback	Height (mm)	248
Publication date	15 Mar 1995	Width (mm)	171
Library of Congress	PR658.T35G	Spine width (mm)	19
DEWEY	822.33	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly, General
DEWEY edition	DC20

	Acknowledgments	9
	Introduction	13
1	The Development of Punctuation in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries	26
2	Prescriptions for Punctuation in Grammars	36
3	The Printing Process and Punctuation	47
4	Punctuation in the Playscript	67
5	The Interpretation of Internal Evidence: Shaping Speeches in Grammer Gurton's Needle	84
6	The Interpretation of Internal Evidence: Rhetoric and Character in Shakespeare's Richard II	94
7	The Playwright's Care: Marston's Revisions to The Malcontent and Parasitaster	105
8	The Playwright's Care: The Voices of Jonson's Characters	118
	Conclusion	133
	Appendix: On Capitalization	139
	Notes	142
	Bibliography	172
	Index	187

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