Bawdy Language References


Bawdy and Obscene Language
Author:        Brinkworth, Edwin Robert Courtney.
Title:         Shakespeare and the Bawdy Court of Stratford [by] E. R. C.
                 Brinkworth; illustrated by Wendy Jones. Chichester,
                 Phillimore, 1972.
Description:   viii, 184 p. illus., facsims., geneal. table, map. 23 cm.

Notes:         Bibliography: p. 175.

Subjects:      Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Biography -- Sources.
               Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Homes and haunts -- England
                 -- Stratford-upon-Avon.
               Stratford-upon-Avon (Parish). Peculiar Court.
               Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography.
               England -- Religion -- 17th century.


Author:        Colman, E. A. M. (Ernest Adrian Mackenzie)
Title:         The dramatic use of bawdy in Shakespeare [by] E. A. M. Colman. 
                 [London] Longman [1974]
Description:   xi, 230 p. 23 cm.

Notes:         Label stamped on t.p.: Distributed in the U.S.A. by Longman
                 Inc., New York.
               Bibliography: p. [173]-178.

Subjects:      Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Technique.
               Vulgarity in literature.
               Sex in literature.
               Bawdy poetry -- England -- History and criticism.


Author:        Henke, James T.
Title:         Courtesans and cuckolds : a glossary of Renaissance dramatic
                 bawdy (exclusive of Shakespeare) / James T. Henke. New York :
                 Garland Pub., 1979.
Description:   xxxvii, 329 p. ; 23 cm.

Series:        Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 181.

Notes:         First published in 1974 under title: Renaissance dramatic bawdy
                 (exclusive of Shakespeare)
               Bibliography: p. [321]-329.

Subjects:      English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Obscene words --
                 Dictionaries.
               English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 --
                 Indexes.
               English drama -- 17th century -- Indexes.
               Bawdy poetry -- England -- Indexes.


Author:        Henke, James T.
Title:         Renaissance dramatic bawdy (exclusive of Shakespeare) : an
                 annotated glossary and critical essays / by James T. Henke. 
                 Salzburg : Institut fur englische Sprache und Literatur,
                 Universitat Salzburg, 1974.
Description:   2 v. (xxi, 345 p.) : ill. ; 21 cm.

Series:        Jacobean drama studies ; 39.40.

Notes:         Edition of 1979 published under title: Courtesans and cuckolds.
               Bibliography: p. [338]-345.

Subjects:      English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 --
                 History and criticism.
               English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Obscene words --
                 Dictionaries.
               Bawdy poetry -- England -- History and criticism.
               Renaissance -- England.


Author:        Partridge, Eric, 1894-
Title:         Shakespeare's bawdy; a literary and psychological essay and a
                 comprehensive glossary. New popular ed., rev. London,
                 Routledge and K. Paul 1956.
Description:   226p.

Subjects:      Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dictionaries, indexes, etc.
               Vulgarity in literature.
               Sex in literature.



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