Punctuation and Its Dramatic Value in Shakespearean Drama

This work seeks to trace the common and changing uses of punctuation for dramatic purposes in Elizabethan England by examining the practice of particular playwrights. After preliminary chapters on the development of punctuation in the Renaissance and Elizabethan grammars, printing, and manuscripts and quarto plays, individual plays are discussed: the anonymous Gammer Gurton's Needle, Shakespeare's Richard II, John Marston's Parasitaster and The Malcontent, and Jonson's Volpone.Graham-White, Anthony is the author of 'Punctuation and Its Dramatic Value in Shakespearean Drama' with ISBN 9780874135428 and ISBN 0874135427.