language

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explore the meaning of nearly 14,000 words found in the plays and poems of William Shakespeare, each with at least one illustrative quotation. Includes cross-references and other resources.

A critical response to the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, which includes "The Hobbit, " "The Lord of the Rings, " and "The Silmarillion, " and discusses the role of Tolkien's invented languages in creating his fictional worlds along with his contribution to twentieth-century thought.

Presents a classroom-tested and rehearsal-tested process for speaking Shakespeare's dialogue on the stage, which discusses meaning, rhythm and emphasis, and acting techniques, using "Romeo and Juliet" as the example text.

Contains 162 flexible flip pages, each featuring words used in one of more of Shakespeare's thirty-eight plays, that may be mixed and matched to create over 100,000 insults in the style of the bard.

A guide for students studying the works of Chaucer, which explains how to interpret Middle English language, discussing pronunciation and definitions in twentieth-century context, as well as the variations on the fourteenth-century London dialect Chaucer used throughout his works.

Mark Oppenheimer describes his struggles to live with his talent for language and above-average verbal abilities and explains how his time on his high school debate team helped him find direction and purpose.

Examines the role that rhetoric played in the downfall of George H. W. Bush's presidency, discussing how Bush abonded the rhetorical strategies that won him the election once he was in office and failed to recognize the important role rhetoric plays in policy formation and implementation.

A dictionary of terms that were first coined in William Shakespeare's plays. Each entry explains the source of the word, how the word is used throughout history, and where each word appears in Shakespeare's works.