First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

How do you pronounce words like zounds, Milan, housewife and hundreds of other words in Shakespeare's plays? In this ingenious book, Dale Coye provides a guide to each significant word, line-by-line, scene-by-scene, in eighteen of Shakespeare's most popular plays. More than a simple pronouncing dictionary, Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words pays attention to scansion, displays alternative pronunciations in different centuries and geographical areas, and provides a simple pronunciation guide requiring no knowledge of lexicographic symbols.
Now available in an affordable paperback edition, Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words will become a vade mecum^n (pronounced VAH-day MAY-cum) for actors, students, and general readers of Shakespeare.