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Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface and acknowledgements xi
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. 1. General introduction 1
6. 2. Previous research on the use of personal pronouns in Early Modern English with special reference to Shakespeare’s plays 15
7. 3. Thou and you 37
8. 4. The distribution of thou and you and their variants in verse and prose 63
9. 5. “A woman’s face with Nature’s own hand painted / Hast thou, the master mistress of my passion” 83
10. 6. “You beastly knave, know you no reverence?” 99
11. 7. “Prithee no more” vs. “Pray you, chuck, come hither” 187
12. 8. The role of grammar in the selection of thou or you 213
13. 9. “In thine own person answer thy abuse” 223
14. 10. “Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye” 249
15. 11. Summary and conclusion 283
16. Appendix 293
17. Notes 297
18. References 311
19. Name index 333
20. Subject index 337