All of Shakespeare

Informationen zum Autor Maurice Charney Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung The former president of the Shakespeare Association of America provides a play-by-play! poem-by-poem guide to all of Shakespeare's works. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 MeasureHISTORIES 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 VIIITRAGEDIES Titus Andronicus Romeo and Juliet Julius Caesar Hamlet Othello King Lear Macbeth Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Timon of AthensROMANCES Pericles Cymbeline The Winter's Tale The Tempest The Two Noble KinsmenPOEMS Venus and Adonis The Rape of Lucrece The Sonnets A Lover's Complaint The Phoenix and the Turtle

Product details

• Authors: Maurice Charney
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.11.1993
• EAN: 9780231068635
• ISBN: 978-0-231-06863-5
• No. of pages: 424
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies