Shakespeareana
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of Shakespeareana
First recorded in 1710–20; Shakespeare + -ana
Example Sentences
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Theaters wishing to honor him would be better advised to grapple with his works and leave the Shakespeareana to the tourist shops.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2018
The fifth volume of the 'Cambridge History of English Literature' contains some 47 pages of Shakespeareana in the bibliographies to Chapters VIII. to XII.
From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.
The full pedigree is given, and the monuments at Yoxall are described in Shaw's "Staffordshire," and in French's "Shakespeareana Genealogica."
From Shakespeare's Family by Stopes, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael)
Shakespeareana has already been dealt with under heading No. 9, and the bibliography of the Drama is a voluminous one.
From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.
I purchased it a few years ago by accident in a small collection of imperfectly catalogued Shakespeareana.
From Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays by Lee, Sidney, Sir
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