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Author | : Leslie Dunton-Downer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781409346258 |
The ultimate visual guide to every Shakespeare play The Essential Shakespeare Handbook unravels the history, themes and language of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. Romance, comedy and tragedy, Shakespeare's canon has it all. With act-by-act plot summaries and resumes of main characters, the Essential Shakespeare Handbook will allow you to enjoy the Bard with new confidence. See the plays and sonnets in context with a portrait of the Bard's life and the world of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. Enrich your experience of the Bard's work on the page, stage, and screen with an in-depth look at Shakespearean language and Shakespeare's influence across the globe. Whether you want a quick overview of Hamlet before a trip to the theatre or help with a Shakespeare essay, the popular Essential Shakespeare Handbook now with a new jacket (previous ISBN 9780751348828) is the book for you.
Author | : J. Dover Wilson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1932-01-03 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780521091107 |
John Dover Wilson (1881-1969) was a renowned scholar of Renaissance drama, particularly known for his work on Shakespeare. Originally published in 1932, this book, in accordance with its subtitle, takes the form of an interpretative 'adventure' through Shakespeare's life. In the absence of biographical detail, Wilson provides us with a personal perspective that is nevertheless rigorously faithful to the known facts regarding the life, the plays and the surrounding historical context. More broadly, the text is also concerned with the question of how a poetic or creative talent is manifested and nurtured. This concise and highly readable volume will be invaluable for anyone with an interest in Shakespeare, literary criticism, or the history of English literature.
Author | : Marjorie Garber |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 1010 |
Release | : 2008-11-19 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0307490815 |
A brilliant and companionable tour through all thirty-eight plays, Shakespeare After All is the perfect introduction to the bard by one of the country’s foremost authorities on his life and work. Drawing on her hugely popular lecture courses at Yale and Harvard over the past thirty years, Marjorie Garber offers passionate and revealing readings of the plays in chronological sequence, from The Two Gentlemen of Verona to The Two Noble Kinsmen. Supremely readable and engaging, and complete with a comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare’s life and times and an extensive bibliography, this magisterial work is an ever-replenishing fount of insight on the most celebrated writer of all time.
Author | : John Dover Wilson |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1932 |
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Author | : DK |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 760 |
Release | : 2015-03-10 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1465439021 |
Learn the entire works of one of the greatest writers of the English language in The Shakespeare Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about the works of William Shakespeare in this overview guide, great for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Shakespeare Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Shakespeare, with: - Every play and poem from Shakespeare’s canon, including lost plays and less well-known works of poetry - Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts - A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout - Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understanding The Shakespeare Book is the perfect introduction to the entire canon of Shakespeare’s plays, sonnets, and other poetry, aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Here you’ll discover the complete works, from The Comedy of Errors, to the great tragedies of Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. Your Shakespeare Questions, Simply Explained This is a brilliant, innovative exploration of the entire canon of Shakespeare plays, sonnets, and other poetry with detailed plot summaries and a full analysis of the major characters and themes. If you thought it was difficult to learn about the works of one of the greatest writers in the English language, The Shakespeare Book presents key information in a simple layout. Every work is covered, from the comedies of Twelfth Night and As You Like It to the tragedies of Julius Caesar and Hamlet, with easy-to-understand graphics and illustrations bringing the themes, plots, characters, and language of Shakespeare to life. The Big Ideas Series With millions of copies sold worldwide, The Shakespeare Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking graphics along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand.
Author | : A. D. Cousins |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781554079285 |
A beautifully illustrated reference to Shakespeare and his time.
Author | : Peter-Eric Philipp |
Publisher | : Essential Library |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2000-12 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0738842680 |
"Based on Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb, this book provides a narrative guide to the plots of Shakespeare's greatest plays. Language has been updated to be more accessible to today's modern reader, while retaining all of the wit, wonder, comedy, and tragedy that can only be Shakespeare's."--Editor's preface.
Author | : William Shakespeare |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Works (William Shakespeare) |
ISBN | : 9780393111354 |
Upon publication in 1997, The Norton Shakespeare set a new standard for teaching editions of Shakespeare's complete works. Instructors and students worldwide welcomed the fresh scholarship, lively and accessible introductions, helpful marginal glosses and notes, readable single-column format, all designed in support of the goal of the Oxford text: to bring the modern reader closer than before possible to Shakespeare's plays as they were first acted. Now, under Stephen Greenblatt's direction, the editors have considered afresh each introduction and all of the apparatus to make the Second Edition an even better teaching tool.
Author | : Charles Boyce |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 742 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780816018055 |
Nearly 1,000 entries provide information on Shakespeare's life and works
Author | : Adam G. Hooks |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 379 |
Release | : 2016-02-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1316495566 |
Selling Shakespeare tells a story of Shakespeare's life and career in print, a story centered on the people who created, bought, and sold books in the early modern period. The interests and investments of publishers and booksellers have defined our ideas of what is 'Shakespearean', and attending to their interests demonstrates how one version of Shakespearean authorship surpassed the rest. In this book, Adam G. Hooks identifies and examines four pivotal episodes in Shakespeare's life in print: the debut of his narrative poems, the appearance of a series of best-selling plays, the publication of collected editions of his works, and the cataloguing of those works. Hooks also offers a new kind of biographical investigation and historicist criticism, one based not on external life documents, nor on the texts of Shakespeare's works, but on the books that were printed, published, sold, circulated, collected, and catalogued under his name.