Table of Contents

Introduction
1: What's in a name?
2: The patronym: Montague and Capulet
3: The mythological name: Helen
4: The diminutive name: Kate
5: The place name: Ephesus
Works Cited

About the Author

Laurie Maguire was educated in Scotland and studied at the University of London and at the Shakespeare Institute. She lectured in Canada for 12 years before taking up a position as Tutorial Fellow at Oxford in 1999. Her publications include several books on Shakespeare and numerous articles on Renaissance drama, textual problems, performance, and women's studies. She has lectured widely across the United States.

Reviews

stimulating book Alastair Fowler, TLS [a] stimulating book... criticism of such distinction Alastair Fowler, Times Literary Supplement engaging, learned, and far-reaching... Shakespeares Names is, to borrow a phrase from Loves Labours Lost, a great feast of language (5.1.36-7), both in its graceful writing and its endearing subject. David Bevington, Modern Philology the book's tone and level of discussion will appeal to a wide variety of readers...it evinces... the antiquary's delighted love for his or her material, a form of delight that this book communicates with intelligence and generosity. Philip Schwyzer, Times Higher Education [A] witty and learned study Stratford-upon-Avon Herald