books by William Shakespeare     books:       Hamlet (The Annotated Shakespeare)8 reviews William Shakespeare Yale University Press, 2003 No Words to Describe There is little need to review the actual text: it is undoubtedly (along with many other of Shakespeare's plays) an extremely influential work of the human mind, and very well may be the best work of literature ever written, period. The actual presentation and annotation of the text is rather indivdual as well. Whereas most annotated texts of Shakespeare place annotations on the other side of ...             The Children's Shakespeare7 reviews Edith Nesbit Academy Chicago Publishers, 2000 Fantastic introduction to Shakespeare for younger children I read and reread this book as a youth. The stories read much like classic fairy tales with tragedy, irony, and moral lessons. The writing is very accessible and encouraged me to seek out the full length "stories" in their original (play script) form once I was old enough (6th/7th grade) to really read them. For a child who has a love of literature, these retellings of the great plays may start a ...             Arden Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream: (2nd Series)9 reviews William Shakespeare Arden Shakespeare, 1979 Magical and funny play in a fine edition There are many reasons for the popularity of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", not the least among them is the almost unique joining of the humorous misuse of language (by the tradesman actors) and the utter beauty of language and expression (by Puck, Oberon, and Titania). One usually gets a farce of language or an attempt at the sublime. Here the music of the two enriches both. ...             Merchant of Venice: A BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation. Starring Warren Mitchell & Martin Jarvis (BBC ...18 reviews William Shakespeare BBC Audiobooks Ltd, 2000 Glorious and good for the soul I am a big fan of movie soundtracks. I have a few favorite composers that I collect. Jocelyn Pook was not one of them, but now has been added to my list. I ordered the movie originally because I love Shakespeare adaptations, and Al Pacino and this one, The Merchant of Venice had received good reviews. I loved it. Especially because of the music, which seems to wind seamlessly through the ...             Macbeth (Arkangel Shakespeare)8 reviews William Shakespeare BBC Audiobooks America, 2005 Mcbeth Arkangel cd\ The CD brings the play to life especially for young people who may not be accustomed to Shakeaspeare's style. I am home schooling my 15 year old grandson and am a retired teacher who often taught literature in high school. I find that having the student read a few scenes, then discussing those scenes and then following in the text while playing those same scenes for them to listen, makes them ...             The Reduced Shakespeare Co. presentsThe Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged)45 reviews, ... Applause Books, 1988 Hilarious The complete books is hilarious it is the funniest book that i have ever read!! i read it in a silent library and was cracking up making it very unsilent i was asked to leave!!!!!! This book makes shakespeare more enjoyable than ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D             Shakespeare's Sonnets (Yale Nota Bene)8 reviews William Shakespeare Yale University Press, 2000 Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit, To thee I send this written embassage, To witness duty, not to show my wit. (Sonnet 26.) How to do justice to the legacy of literary history's greatest mind - moreover in such a limited review? Forget Goethe's "universal genius" and his rebel contemporary Schiller; forget the 19th century masters; forget contemporary literature: with the possible (!) ...             Shakespeare Set Free III: Teaching Twelfth Night and Othello10 reviews William Shakespeare Washington Square Press, 1995 Great help for a first year teacher! I am a first year English teacher and one of my classes is a gifted and talented class. When I saw Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on the curriculum, I freaked out a little, but this book was a lifesaver! I would recommend this book or any of the other editions to anyone who teaches Shakespeare. It's true, the best way to teach Shakespeare is to perform it!             Shakespeare's sonnets10 reviews William Shakespeare Rowman and Littlefield, 1978 Excellent edition I recently used the Arden edition of the Sonnets in a graduate level course on Renaissance literature. It's useful, too, to have Helen Vendler's "Art of the Sonnet," as well as the Penguin edition (fewer notes than the Arden). Quite simply, the Arden excels in the scholarly apparatus. Also, for a concise, readable supplement, include Greenblatt's "Will in the World" (the chapter on the ...             Henry V20 reviews William Shakespeare W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 Every soldier should carry a copy. 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.' What more need I say? Henry V is an imortal classic of western literature. And this edition is complete and accurate. See the film if you want, but be sure to read the words at least once. They are inspiring.             Hamlet (The Arden Edition of the Works of William Shakespeare)7 reviews William Shakespeare Arden Shakespeare, 1982 best version of Hamlet to buy An excellent version of the play, a balanced and comprehensive introduction, and extended notes about subjects of controversy or interest -- if you want to buy a copy of Hamlet this is the edition to get. Most people have not read many versions of the play; nor have many people read most of the hundreds of books and articles on this play. For whatever strange reason, i have made it through much ...             As You Like It (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series)5 reviews William Shakespeare Arden Shakespeare, 2006 Finally, the third series AYL Over the years, despite the fact that The Riverside Shakespeare is my primary course text, I've found the third series Arden paperbacks as an indispensable source for my college-level Shakespeare classes (the second series versions, of course, feature an older and often quite out-of-date understanding of the criticism and characters). As You Like It is one play that I teach consistently, ...             Hamlet (Folger Shakespeare Library)6 reviews William Shakespeare Simon & Schuster, 2004 To thine own self be true ... William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is arguably the most famous play ever written in the English language; it presents the world with questions and characters that have been the subject of thespian and scholarly debate ever since the Prince of Denmark's first appearance on the stage of London's Globe Theatre. Probably written and first performed in 1601 (estimates vary between 1600 and 1602), the ...             King Henry IV Part 1 (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series) (Pt.1)7 reviews William Shakespeare Arden Shakespeare, 2002 about time! Arden's are always wonderful but the Henry IV was almost 50 years old--at last there is a new edition and it was actually worth the wait! This is one of the best editions of any Shakespeare play I have ever seen. A must for any high school or college library. A must for any lover of Shakespeare.             Othello (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)6 reviews William Shakespeare Unknown, 2007 Spark Notes No Fear Shakespeare Othello As my first introduction to Shakespeare working in a senior high school collaborative English class, this book helped me enormously with its Modern Day English interpretation on one side of the book and the Shakespearean writing on the other which follows the regular novels. This proved to be a lifesaver!             Julius Caesar (Arkangel Shakespeare)7 reviews William Shakespeare BBC Audiobooks America, 2005 Brilliant! This recording just about saved my life. Seriously. Although I have taught Romeo & Juliet to high school freshmen about a million times, this year I was tapped to teach a class of sophomores reading...gulp...JULIUS CAESAR! This was never my favorite of Shakespeare's plays, and most of my memories of it derived from my own dreadfully dull tenth grade experience. When I began reading the play ...             4 Grt Tragedies Sig (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Signet Classics (Tb))6 reviews William Shakespeare Turtleback, 1999 The Best of Shakespeare in One Book Having a love of literature, and being an English Lit. major has given me the oportunity to read most of Shakespeare's works. Shakespeare's talent and genius has surely endured and his beautiful writings are essential to mankind not only in the classroom but throughout our lives. His tragedies speak the loudest to me, as they are charged with drama, emotion and memorable quotations. Having to ...             The King Lear Experience: With Complete Text by William Shakespeare7 reviews William, Shakespeare Beacon Press, 1976 Robert Bly's amazing translation Beautiful translation of one of my favorite mystic poets! Robert Bly's translation of Kabir allows us to experience this mystic poet in a personal way without losing any of the beauty of the poetry. Really enjoyed this book.             Othello (3rd Series)7 reviews William Shakespeare, E. A. J. Honigmann Arden Shakespeare, 1996 A fine edition with many helps for the reader This edition is from the 3rd Arden Series and may have a more modern feel to readers than the previous series did. For example, modern scholars believe that Shakespeare's plays were performed without break between scene and act so this edition does away with the ACT I Scene 2 headings and instead merely inserts 1.2 in the text where the change occurs. There is a fine introductory essay that ...             A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bantam Classic)6 reviews William Shakespeare Bantam Classics, 1988 Magical! One of Shakespeare's most enjoyable works, "A Midsummer's Nights Dream" is the story of four lovers (either loved, in love, or both) who travel into an "enchanted" forest, filled with magical fairies who play tricks on them and even themselves. Meanwhile, a hapless stage production prepares for a performance at the Duke's wedding. All storylines lead to an enjoyable resolution climaxing with the ...              search for books abridged, annotated, arkangel, children, classic, classics, collection, compleat, complete, dramatisation, edition, experience, full-cast, literature, macbeth, merchant, midsummer, mitchell, othello, presentsthe, reduced, shakespeare, sonnets, sparknotes, starring, teaching, tragedies, turtleback, twelfth, william books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen music: CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 8 - CCRMA, Stanford University home  impressum - about us