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Eric Partridge (1894–1979)

Autor/a de Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English

76+ obres 3,616 Membres 30 Ressenyes 4 preferits

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(eng) Also wrote novels as Corrie Denison.

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Obres de Eric Partridge

Shakespeare's Bawdy (1948) 329 exemplars
A Dictionary of Cliches (1941) 78 exemplars
You Have a Point There (1978) 65 exemplars
Eric Partridge in His Own Words (1939) 36 exemplars
A Charm of Words (1961) 25 exemplars
A Dictionary of RAF Slang (1945) 22 exemplars
Smaller Slang Dictionary (1976) 14 exemplars
Sea Slang of the Twentieth Century (1950) — Introducció — 13 exemplars
The Shaggy Dog Story (1955) 12 exemplars
Adventuring Among Words (1961) 11 exemplars
Three personal records of the war — Autor — 7 exemplars
A New Testament word book (1977) 6 exemplars
Words, words, words! (2015) 4 exemplars
What's the meaning? 3 exemplars
Words at War, Words at Peace (1970) 3 exemplars
Swift's Polite Conversation (1963) 2 exemplars
Glimpses (1928) 2 exemplars
Selections from Robert Landor — Editor, algunes edicions2 exemplars
The Partisan Review 1 exemplars

Obres associades

The Universal Dictionary of the English Language (1932)algunes edicions24 exemplars

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Nom normalitzat
Partridge, Eric
Altres noms
Denison, Corrie (pseudonym)
Vigilans
Ray, James
Data de naixement
1894-02-06
Data de defunció
1979-06-01
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
New Zealand
Lloc de naixement
Waimata Valley, New Zealand
Lloc de defunció
Moretonhampstead, Devon, England, UK
Llocs de residència
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
England, UK
Educació
University of Queensland
University of Oxford (Balliol College)
Toowoomba Grammar School, Australia
Professions
lexicographer
expert on slang
Organitzacions
Australian Army (WWI)
British Museum Library
Scholartis Press
Biografia breu
Eric Partridge was born on the North Island of New Zealand. In 1907, the family moved to Australia, where Partridge studied first classics and then French and English at the University of Queensland. During this time, he also taught for three years before joining the Australian infantry during the World War I. Partridge returned to university between 1919 and 1921, when he received his BA. He then became Queensland Travelling Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford. He then taught briefly in a grammar school in Lancashire, and held lectureships at the Universities of Manchester and London. In 1923, he began work at the British Museum where he stayed for the next 50 years. In 1925 he married Agnes Dora Vye-Parminter, with whom he had a daughter. In 1927 he founded the small private Scholartis Press. During World War II, he served in the Army Education Corps and the RAF's correspondence department, before returning to his desk at the British Museum.
Nota de desambiguació
Also wrote novels as Corrie Denison.

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It's somewhat redundant now, in an era where any annotated Shakespeare volume worth the price comes with a completely smuttified glossary, but there was a time - within the lifetime of some people still living - when this stuff was regularly omitted from teaching at any level. (It's the principal reason, to this day, that "Julius Caesar" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" top so many highschool curricula.)

So, top marks for Partridge for putting together a glossary that finds some remarkably obscure dirty words in Shakespeare. Love it.

The opening essay is more of a mixed bag, to be honest. One-third is great, just in justifying Shakespeare's use of smut (nowadays, as we know more about theatre production and can equate it with the 17th century, we need this less). One-third is really just a recap of the glossary, since clearly Partridge is feeling pretty defensive. The other third is... more pretentious. And unpleasant. It's Partridge's overly psychologically telling explanation of why Shakespeare was expressly heterosexual. Now, don't get me wrong, I believe Shakespeare was at most bisexual, and ultimately it doesn't matter. But Partridge - while certainly "tolerant" of the deviant homosexuals he sees everywhere around him - directly appeals to his heterosexual readers to show less bias and to appreciate that only a straight man would make so many vagina jokes while writing a play for a mainstream audience. Um, Eric? Half of my friends are homosexual writers and/or comedians, and very few of them are afraid to discuss the pudenda. At length. But, thanks for playing.

So, his contributions far outweigh his puzzling psychological tells, but this book is probably outdated nonetheless.
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therebelprince | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Oct 24, 2023 |
Sweet! I love words. Christmas present to myself thanks to generous gift certificates from family. When I can't sleep this is a fun book to ponder. The only thing I'm worried about is the cr*p binding on this Burton-sized tome. I'm sure it will be falling apart within a decade--why would you bind a reference book like this?!
 
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invisiblecityzen | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Mar 13, 2022 |
Sweet! I love words. Christmas present to myself thanks to generous gift certificates from family. When I can't sleep this is a fun book to ponder. The only thing I'm worried about is the cr*p binding on this Burton-sized tome. I'm sure it will be falling apart within a decade--why would you bind a reference book like this?!
 
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invisiblecityzen | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Mar 13, 2022 |

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Obres
76
També de
1
Membres
3,616
Popularitat
#7,002
Valoració
4.0
Ressenyes
30
ISBN
183
Llengües
3
Preferit
4

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