Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare

Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare
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Total Pages : 1542
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105038309329
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Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare by : Isaac Asimov

Explains the historical, legendary, and mythological background of 38 plays and 2 narrative poems.

Student's Guide to Shakespeare

Student's Guide to Shakespeare
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781474413527
ISBN-13 : 1474413528
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Student's Guide to Shakespeare by : William McKenzie

This book is a 'one-stop-shop' for the busy undergraduate studying Shakespeare. Offering detailed guidance to the plays most often taught on undergraduate courses, the volume targets the topics tutors choose for essay questions and is organised to help students find the information they need quickly. Each text discussion contains sections on sources, characters, performance, themes, language, and critical history, helping students identify the different ways of approaching a text. The book's unique play-based structure and character-centre approach allows students to easily navigate the material. The flexibility of the design allows students to either read cover-to-cover, target a specific play, or explore elements of a narrative unit such as imagery or characterisation. The reader will gain quickly a full grasp of the kind of dramatist William Shakespeare was - and is.

The Globe Guide to Shakespeare

The Globe Guide to Shakespeare
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 828
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ISBN-10 : 9781681772646
ISBN-13 : 1681772647
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis The Globe Guide to Shakespeare by : Andrew Dickson

With full coverage of the thirty-nine Shakespearian plays (including a synopsis, full character list, stage history, and a critical essay for each), this comprehensive guide is both a quick reference and an in-depth background guide for theatre goers, students, film buffs, and lovers of literature. Along with an exploration of the Bard's sonnets and narrative poems, The Globe Guide to Shakespeare features fascinating accounts of Shakespeare's life and the Globe Theater itself, with colorful details about each play's original performance.This comprehensive guide includes up-to-date reviews of the best films and audio recordings of each play, from Laurence Olivier to Baz Luhrmann, Kozintsev to Kurosawa. The Globe Guide to Shakespeare is the quintessential celebration of all things Shakespearian.

Thinking Shakespeare

Thinking Shakespeare
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Publisher : Spark Publishing Group
Total Pages : 455
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ISBN-10 : 1411498720
ISBN-13 : 9781411498723
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Thinking Shakespeare by : Barry Edelstein

Thinking Shakespeare gives the actor practical advice about how to make Shakespeare's words feel spontaneous, passionate, and real. Based on Barry Edelstein's twenty-year career directing Shakespeare's plays, this book provides the tools that actors need to fully understand and express the power of Shakespeare's language.

Playing Shakespeare

Playing Shakespeare
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Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 9780307773913
ISBN-13 : 0307773914
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Playing Shakespeare by : John Barton

Playing Shakespeare is the premier guide to understanding and appreciating the mastery of the world’s greatest playwright. Together with Royal Shakespeare Company actors–among them Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Ben Kingsley, and David Suchet–John Barton demonstrates how to adapt Elizabethan theater for the modern stage. The director begins by explicating Shakespeare’s verse and prose, speeches and soliloquies, and naturalistic and heightened language to discover the essence of his characters. In the second section, Barton and the actors explore nuance in Shakespearean theater, from evoking irony and ambiguity and striking the delicate balance of passion and profound intellectual thought, to finding new approaches to playing Shakespeare’s most controversial creation, Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice. A practical and essential guide, Playing Shakespeare will stand for years as the authoritative favorite among actors, scholars, teachers, and students.

The Shakespeare Book of Lists

The Shakespeare Book of Lists
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Publisher : Career Press
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 1564145247
ISBN-13 : 9781564145246
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis The Shakespeare Book of Lists by : Michael LoMonico

Catalogs Shakespeare's life, his times, his use of language and choice of words, the best and most insulting lines from his plays and poems, the actors who have performed his plays, the theaters where they have been performed, and the videos, films, and spin-offs of his works.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 406
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ISBN-10 : 0028629051
ISBN-13 : 9780028629056
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare by : Laurie Rozakis

Introduces Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, and narrative poems, and discusses major themes, characters, and dramatic techniques

Making Sense of Hamlet! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)

Making Sense of Hamlet! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)
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Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
Total Pages : 465
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ISBN-10 : 9781621075684
ISBN-13 : 1621075680
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Making Sense of Hamlet! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling) by : William Shakespeare

How can you appreciate Shakespeare when you have no idea what he’s saying?! If you’ve ever sat down with the Bard and found yourself scratching your head at words like Quondam, Younker, or Ebon then this bundled book is just for you! Inside you will find a comprehensive study guide, a biography about the life and times of Shakespeare, and a modern retelling (along with the original text) of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Each section of this book may also be purchased individually.

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

William Shakespeare's Hamlet
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 211
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ISBN-10 : 9781000940091
ISBN-13 : 1000940098
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis William Shakespeare's Hamlet by : Sean McEvoy

William Shakespeare's Hamlet (c.1600-1601) has achieved iconic status as one of the most exciting and enigmatic of plays. It has been in almost constant production in Britain and throughout the world since it was first performed, fascinating generations of audiences and critics alike. Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Shakespeare's remarkable play offers: extensive introductory comment on the contexts, critical history and performance of the text, from publication to the present annotated extracts from key contextual documents, reviews, critical works and the text itself cross-references between documents and sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism suggestions for further reading.

The Shakespeare Book

The Shakespeare Book
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 760
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ISBN-10 : 9781465439024
ISBN-13 : 1465439021
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis The Shakespeare Book by : DK

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.