Shakespeare's bawdy vs The joys of Yiddish: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Glossaries, English language
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…
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The joys of Yiddish
Do you know when to cry Mazel tov -- and when to avoid it like the plague? Did you know that Oy! is not a word, but a vocabulary with 29 distinct variations, sighed, cried, howled, or moaned, employed to express…
The verdict
- Shakespeare's bawdy is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 9 for The joys of Yiddish.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Shakespeare's bawdy | The joys of Yiddish | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (685) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.3 (3) |
Reception
| Shakespeare's bawdy | The joys of Yiddish | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 685 |
| Editions | 21 | 15 |
| Citations | 78 | — |
| Want to read | — | 954 |
| Reading it now | — | 35 |
| Written reviews | — | 62 |
| Pages | 226 | 533 |