The Shakespeare Name Dictionary

• Author(s): J. Madison Davis, Daniel A. Frankforter,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 552
• ISBN_10: 1135875715
  ISBN_13: 9781135875718
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / Shakespeare , History / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... Entries provide the likely sources for a name; describe historical and mythological backgrounds; examine Shakespeare's presentation of a character or place; and suggest various interpretations of a name. Each entry contains line citations to William Shakespeare: The Complete Works. A guide to the historical, mythological, fictional, and geographic references that appear in Shakespeare's complete plays and poems, covering every name, proper adjective, official title, literary and mystical title, and place name.