Shakespeare's insults : a 365-day calendar for 2011

Folger bibliographic ID: 244842
Folger call number: Sh.Misc. 2220
Folger holdings ID: 310072
Accession Number: 266359

"Predicting that 'thy eternal summer shall not fade,' Shakespeare offered words of praise as lovely as any pair of green eyes. But every rose bears thorns, and the poet as often smote his subjects as caressed them. In the midst of his romances, tragedies, comedies, and historical theatrics, buffoons and princes step in the way of memorable maledictions, brutal affronts to their pride, and some of the most scurrilous insinuations ever to be hurled across a stage. Shakespeare's Insults presents 313 brief but blistering excerpts from the greatest dramas in the language (weekends receive a single barb). Each passage is accompanied by an explanation of who is abusing whom, and archaic words are glossed"--back of outer box

General notes

Catalog no. H104 Title from cover page of calendar

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016. America's Shakespeare

Item information about Folger Sh.Misc. 2220

Distributed in outer box, unsealed

Extended title: Shakespeare's insults : a 365-day calendar for 2011 / Library of Congress

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Calendars

subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
compiler: Library of Congress
publisher: Pomegranate Communications