This classic of Shakespeare scholarship begins with a masterly introductory essay analysing and exemplifying the various categories of sexual and non-sexual bawdy expressions and allusions in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. The main body of the work consists of an alphabetical glossary of all words and phrases used in a sexual or scatological sense, with full explanations and cross-references.

Eric Partridge (1884-1979) was the author of some three dozen books, mainly on the aspects of the English language. Stanley Wells is an eminent Shakespearean scholar and the general editor of Oxford Shakespeare.

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge Classics
• Publication Date: June 6, 2012
• Pages: 304
• ISBN13: 9780415254007
• Item Weight: 320 grams
• Original Price: 575.0 INR
• Edition: 4th
• Binding: Paperback