Gabriel Conroy vs Shakespeare's bawdy: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Glossaries, Language, Dictionaries
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Shakespeare's bawdy
“Among the most generally interesting and particularly provocative books upon Shakespeare since (say) 1925 are Dover Wilson's magistral edition of Shakespeare's Works, H. GranvilleBarker's brilliant Prefaces, G. Wilson Knight's profound studies, Hugh Kingsmill's thoughtful The Return of William Shakespeare, Chambers's authoritative William Shakespeare, and, in another order, Kenneth Muir & Sean O'L”
This classic work fully explains the whole range of sexual, scatological language and allusion in Shakespeare's works. Consisting of an alphabetical glossary with cross-references, this book helps the modern reader to…
The verdict
- Shakespeare's bawdy is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 8 for Gabriel Conroy.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Gabriel Conroy | Shakespeare's bawdy | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.4 (52) | — |
Reception
| Gabriel Conroy | Shakespeare's bawdy | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 52 | — |
| Editions | 26 | 21 |
| Citations | — | 78 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 50 | — |
| Reading it now | 17 | — |
| Written reviews | 4 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 4454 | — |
| Pages | 466 | 226 |