Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 9 T2 - Memoria di Shakespeare: A Journal of Shakespearean Studies SP - 74-101 ID - bbbm153 T1 - "'The King's English' and the Language of the King: Shakespeare and the Linguistic Strategies of James I" AU - Tudeau-Clayton, Margaret PY - 2022 DA - 2026 DO - 10.13133/2283-8759/18181 LA - English AB - Investigates use of "King's English" in Folio edition of Merry Wives of Windsor and argues text "ironically references the language of the new king from across the linguistic as well as political border with Scotland." Considers how James I advocated for plainness of language. Evaluates ambiguity of claims to plainness in Jacobean plays. English summary, online.  ER -