10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MARCANTANT»
Discover the use of
marcantant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
marcantant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Complete Taming of the Shrew: An Annotated Edition Of ...
BIONDELLO 66 Master, a marcantant, or a pedant, 67 I know not what; but format
in apparel, 68 In gait and countenance surely like a father. LUCENTIO 69 And
what of him, Tranio? TRANIO 70 If he be credulous and trust my tale, 71 I'll make
...
Donald J. Richardson,
2014
2
The Works of William Shakespeare: The Text Revised
The folio has “Master, a Marcantant,” &c. (The Rev. J. Mitf'ord,—Gcnl. Mag. for
August 1844, p. l26,—snys that this line ought to stand “with the accentuation
Shakespeare gave it,”— “ Master, a marcantant, or a pedant:”— erroneously, I
believe; ...
William Shakespeare, Alexander Dyce,
1857
3
The Shakespeare-expositor: An Aid to the Perfect ...
Master he is a marcantant or a pedant." ' Marcantant ' is the Italian mercante,
mercatante, or mer- cadante. It may be corrupt. " And what of him, Tranio ?" As
this is so very abrupt and not very clear, we might conjecture an effacement of will
you ...
4
The Taming of the Shrew
It might be that the copyist was undecided which one to pick, put off perhaps by
the unfamiliarity of the unique word 'marcantant', and first wrote Mar., tried
correcting it to Ped. but found that too messy, abandoned the resulting Par. and
wrote ...
William Shakespeare, Ann Thompson,
2003
5
The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare
... offered by Biondello ('a marcantant or a pedant', 4.2.63), probably influenced
by the unfamiliarity of the word 'marcantant', Biondello's version of the Italian '
mercatante'. The character's itinerary, which includes Rome and Tripoli, seems
more ...
6
A New Dictionary of the English Language. -London, Pickering ...
Fr. Mercantil, merchantly, Msscsurn'urc. merchantlike, (Cotgrave.) See
MERCHANT. Marcantant; lt. fllcrcatante. The latter (the It.) is frequent in old plays
for merchant, (St-eevens.) ME'RCANTILE. The only procede (that I may use the
mercantile ...
7
A new dictionary of the English language
Marcantant ; It. Mercatante. The latter i the It. ) is frequent in old plays for
wterchant, ( Stcevens. ) The only precede (that I may use the mercantile term) i
expect is thank*, and this way shall not be wanting s you rich returns. — Howell,
b.i. s. 1.
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The Works of Shakespeare: The taming of the Shrew
Master, a Marcantant, or a pedant, I know not what ; but formal in apparel, In gait
and countenance surly like a father. 65 Luc, And what of him, Tranio ? Tra, If he
be credulous and trust my tale, I 'll make him glad to seem Vincentio, And give ...
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Annotations on each play
The old editions read marcantant. The Italian word mercatante is frequently used
in the old plays for a merchant, and therefore I have made no scruple of placing it
here. STEEVENS. A pedant was a name synonimous to schoolmaster, ...
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson,
1805
10
As you like it. All's well that ends well. Taming of the shrew
The old editions read marcantant. The Italian word mersatante is frequently used
in the old plays for a merchant, and therefore I have made no scruple of placing it
here. S'rnnvnus. on A pedant was a name synonimons to schoolmaster, ...
William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson,
1822