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2) King Lear
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Lexile measure
1190L
Language
English
Description
The Shakespeare Book is the perfect primer to the works of William Shakespeare, packed with witty illustrations and inspirational quotes. Covering every work, from the comedies of Twelfth Night and As You Like It to the tragedies of Julius Caesar and Hamlet, plus lost plays and less well-known works of poetry. Easy-to-understand graphics and illustrations bring the themes, plots, characters and language of Shakespeare to life. This includes illustrated...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xxx, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From leading Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, a timely and insightful examination of what the world's greatest dramatist can teach us about life in an America riven by conflict. The United States has always been divided, but Americans from all walks of life have also always shared a deep affinity for the plays William Shakespeare, even if their meaning has been fiercely contested. For well over two centuries now, Americans of all stripes--presidents...
Author
Publisher
Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xxxii, 239 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With summaries, discussions, and excerpts from primary source documents, this book examines Shakespeare's world through careful consideration of the historical background of four of his comedies"--
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
xxiv, 398 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
From one of the great modern writers, the acclaimed lectures, in which he draws on a lifetime of experience to take the measure of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets
"W. H. Auden, poet and critic, will conduct a course on Shakespeare at the New School for Social Research beginning Wednesday. Mr. Auden... proposes to read all Shakespeare's plays in chronological order." So, the New York Times reported on September 27, 1946, giving notice of a rare opportunity...
14) Shakespeare
Author
Series
Publisher
Profile Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
186 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Paul Edmondson presents Shakespeare afresh as a dramatist and poet, and encourages us to take ownership of his works for ourselves as words to be spoken as well as discussed. We get a sense of what his life was like, his language, and cultural legacy. We catch glimpses of Shakespeare himself, how he wrote, and see what his works mean to readers and theatre practitioners. We see how Shakespeare tackled the biggest themes of humanity: power, history,...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
ix, 166 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This introduction to Shakespeare promotes active engagement with the plays, rather than recycling factual information. Covering a range of texts, it is divided into seven subject-based chapters: Character, Performance, Texts, Language, Structure, Sources and History, and it does not assume any prior knowledge. Instead, it develops ways of thinking and provides the reader with resources for independent research through the 'Where next?' sections at...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
1030L
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This title explores the creative works of famous author William Shakespeare. Works analyzed include The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, The Tragedy of Richard III, The Tempest, and As You Like It. Clear, comprehensive text gives background biographical information of Shakespeare. The "You Critique It" feature invites readers to analyze other creative works on their own. A table of contents, timeline, list of works, resources,...
Author
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Shakespeare is worth reading, this book argues, because his works help us to make epistemological weakness into a way of life. I show how his works offer a means for coming to terms with basic uncertainties about freedom, the world's abundance, and the demands of love and social life"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 367 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro shows how the tumultuous events in England in 1606 affected Shakespeare and shaped the three great tragedies he wrote that year--King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. In the years leading up to 1606, since the death of Queen Elizabeth and the arrival in England of her successor, King James of Scotland, Shakespeare's great productivity had ebbed, and it may have seemed to some that his prolific...