Mention -Bibliotheque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, Tome LXX-2008

"The Athlone Shakespeare Dictionary series has done much to refine and focus our understanding of Shakespeare's language and its applications in various contexts...N.F.Blake's dictionary is an informative addition to the growing body of work on Shakespeare's language...[it covers] an impressive range of material, and deals with complex grammatical forms in a clear and user-friendly manner. It should prove a useful tool to scholar and general reader alike." - The Times Literary Supplement

Blurb from reviewer

Blake's dictionary-with concise definitions, judiciously selected citations, and abbreviations marking forms 'found only in Shakespeare' and those 'first found in Shakespeare'-could not have been entrusted to a keener eye … the Arden Dictionaries have made an enormous contribution. While each volume impresses the reader with Shakespeare's grasp of a particular topic-wide, deep, and, as experts in various fields have noted, accurate-it is impossible to view all of the dictionaries together and not come away with renewed awe at his commodious erudition.

Deborah T. Curren-Aquino, Shakespeare Quarterly