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In All of Shakespeare, Maurice Charney, former president of the Shakespeare Association of America, provides a play by play, poem by poem guide to all of Shakespeare's works. In succinct and lucid chapters, Charney brings to life every play, from The Comedy of Errors to The Tempest, in addition to the long poems and the Sonnets.
The book is divided into sections according to genre: comedies, histories, tragedies, romances, and poems. Charney also considers works that may be only partly by Shakespeare: The Two Noble Kinsmen, Pericles, and A Lover's Complaint.
Charney's account is accessibly written and infused with the belief that Shakespeare's works are intelligible and relevant to modern readers and audiences. The result is a volume that will be cherished and celebrated by readers who are just beginning to read Shakespeare and see his plays as well as those who are reacquainting themselves with his many delights.
List of contents
COMEDIES
The Comedy of Errors
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Love's Labor's Lost
The Taming of the Shrew
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Merchant of Venice
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Much Ado About Nothing
As You Like It
Twelfth Night
Troilus and Cressida
All's Well That Ends Well
Measure for Measure
HISTORIES
Henry VI, Part I
Henry VI, Part II
Henry VI, Part III
Richard IIII
King John
Richard II
Henry IV, Part I
Henry IV, Part II
Henry V
Henry VIII
TRAGEDIES
Titus Andronicus
Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar
Hamlet
Othello
King Lear
Macbeth
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Timon of Athens
ROMANCES
Pericles
Cymbeline
The Winter's Tale
The Tempest
The Two Noble Kinsmen
POEMS
Venus and Adonis
The Rape of Lucrece
The Sonnets
A Lover's Complaint
The Phoenix and the Turtle
About the author
Maurice Charney
Summary
The former president of the Shakespeare Association of America provides a play-by-play, poem-by-poem guide to all of Shakespeare's works.
