books about: shakespeare     books:       The Norton Shakespeare, Based on the Oxford Edition, Second Edition: One-Volume Hardcover17 reviews William Shakespeare W. W. Norton, 2008 I can't believe I read the whole thing! Initially, I had to buy this mammoth of a book for a college course covering Shakespeare's early commedies and histories. I've been fascinated with Shakespeare ever since I read Romeo and Juliet in high school, and my college studies merely increased that fascination. This book served me very well in the course; the introductions are extremely relevant to and informative about both the ...             Shakespeare's Secret23 reviews Elise Broach Square Fish, 2007 Well-Written and Interesting Elise Broach has written a engrossing and compelling mystery about a girl who realizes her house may be the key to secrets about the past--and if Shakespeare actually was the author of his famous plays. It is written with a bittersweet sort of simplicity, brief but descriptive, using more advanced words rather than several drab words that some author's use an inadequate amount of times to make ...             The Shakespeare Stealer49 reviews Gary Blackwood Puffin, 2000 Great Historical Fiction Title for Young Adult Readers This novel is a terrific example of historical fiction. The author blends true and fictional elements in a stirring and adventure filled story. The author ingeniously uses the spelling and language usage of the time to lend credibility to the characters and the setting. The characters presented are round and dynamic. The protagonist, Widge, undergoes the maturation of a typical adolescent ...             The Works9 reviews William Shakespeare Studio, 1993 Absolutely awesome I've bought about four or five of these complete works collections from this publisher. They are all exactly what they claim to be: the complete works of the author. For someone who doesn't want to be nickeled and dimed to death, these are a phenomenal value.             Tales from Shakespeare (Wordsworth Children's Classics) (Wordsworth Children's Classics)17 reviews Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999 Read it as a child and now use it as a professor I remember my father giving me this book when I was young. He was a junior high school english teacher and used this book in class. Together we read the stories and I loved them. Now I am a college professor and use the book in class myself. While some of the summaries are "dated," they are still useful in communicating the basic action of the play to students and the very fact that they are ...             Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Eminent Lives)55 reviews Bill Bryson Eminent Lives, 2007 A WITTY, INFOMATIVE READ THAT IS FUN TO READ TO BOOT. I am one of those individuals who enjoy Bryson's work. When I read this author's books, I get the impression that he does not take himself all that serious, much in the same way I take myself. I can relate. This little volume on the individual who is probably and arguably the greatest of all our English writers is no exception. It, as others here have pointed out, is sort of a book about ...             World of Shakespeare: The Complete Plays and Sonnets of William Shakespeare (38 Volume Library)30 reviews William Shakespeare Penguin, 2006 Buy this! This is just an absolute steal at $60. There are negatives: the set doesn't include the narrative poems (e.g. The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis), and it doesn't include The Two Noble Kinsmen, which most scholars agree was written partly by Shakespeare and partly by John Fletcher, and is of particular interest because if Shakespeare wrote parts of it, it is his very last surviving written ...             The Riverside Shakespeare31 reviews William Shakespeare, G. Blakemore Evans, ... Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996 great as a textbook, wonderful for personal use This edition of the Complete Works of Shakespeare is excellent. I bought it as a textbook, but if I were looking for a complete works right now, I would buy it simply for its excellence. Not only does it contain all of Shakespeare's works, but it has extensive notes on the text as well.             The Shakespeare Riots: Revenge, Drama, and Death in Nineteenth-Century America7 reviews Nigel Cliff Random House, 2007 Acting Rivalries on an International Stage Not long ago we had movies of Shakespeare's _Hamlet_ starring Mel Gibson in the first and Kenneth Branaugh in the second. Imagine that Hollywood blundered and released both at the same time for premieres in New York City to compete with each other. Now imagine that this made fans of Gibson and fans of Branaugh so furious that there was a clash between thousands of them, throwing stones and ...             Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Wordsworth Special Editions) (Wordsworth Royals Series)63 reviews William Shakespeare Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1997 Works of William Shakespeare This was a gift for our son, who appreciated having all of Shakespeare's works in one attractive volume.             The Tempest (Cambridge School Shakespeare)39 reviews William Shakespeare Cambridge University Press, 2005 Excellent activity based edition The Tempest is rightly regarded as being one of the Bard's greatest works, containing some of his deepest thoughts on the nature of power and the relationship between rational man as controller of nature, and the animal man always to be at the mercy of the passions both of himself, others, and the world around him. In fact, this play could be thought of as representing Shakespeare's final and ...             Julius Caesar (Oxford School Shakespeare)42 reviews William Shakespeare Oxford University Press, USA, 2002 Excellent Shakespeare Classic Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar in about 1599. The play was the first of three Roman plays. Shakespeare based the source material for the play on a translation of a work by the Greek philosopher and biographer Plutarch, called "The lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans". Shakespeare, like Plutarch, praises and criticises the actions of the main characters in the assassination of Julius Caesar. ...             Shakespeare the Thinker5 reviews A. D. Nuttall Yale University Press, 2008 The Brilliance of Shakespeare In this delightful book, Shakespeare the Thinker, A. D. Nuttall seeks to defend the great playwright against those who view him as just a product of his time (a view that is a strong form of Historicism). I'm a huge fan of Stephen Greenblatt, who wrote the terrific biography Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare, so I was glad that Nuttall did not disagree with the nuanced New ...             The Quest for Shakespeare7 reviews Joseph Pearce Ignatius Press, 2008 such stuff as dreams are made of Joseph Pearce has written the most delightful book on Shakespeare I've ever come across. First, because the man is truly a gifted writer and has a sense of humor. Second, because he quickly demolishes the many silly myths and weird theories around Shakespeare's life. He pokes gentle fun at the folks who think Elizabeth I wrote the plays, or Daniel Dafoe, or the Earl of Oxford. Next he puts those ...             Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying the Works of Shakespeare26 reviews Isaac Asimov Gramercy, 2003 Shakespeare Guide October 21, 2007 If you want to understand Shakespeare or just appreciate him more,this is a "must have" book. Highly recommended for Shakespeare fans. Gunner October, 2007 Comment | Permalink             'Shakespeare' by Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Man Who Was Shakespeare48 reviews Mark Anderson Gotham, 2006 Intriguing Anderson's book is only partly a biography of de Vere. Primarily it relates in detail the correspondences between the events of de Vere's life and the contents of Shakespeare's plays and poetry. Implicit in this is that to a very large extent Shakespeare's work is autobiographical. Anderson also is a firm advocate of the position that most of the plays originated much earlier than is usually ...             Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion15 reviews David Crystal, Ben Crystal Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 Indispensible Other than a good edition of the plays, this is the one reference that you absolutely must have. It has tremendously enhanced my reading of the plays. I no longer have to wonder or guess what a word means. I believe that it was linguist John McWhorter who pointed out in one of his books that some of Shakespeare's words have changed meanings over the centuries; some of the words don't seem to ...             Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary: A Complete Dictionary of All the English Words, Phrases, and ...17 reviews Alexander Schmidt Dover Publications, 1971 Unequalled Showing definitions of every single word used in the works fo Shakespeare, it also shows where they are used throughout the works. A glossary and concordance in one! A must-have for any student, actor, director, or anyone else needing guidance.             Hamlet (No Fear Shakespeare)6 reviews William Shakespeare SparkNotes, 2003 Golden Gate to Shakespeare Bravo to the writers, editors, and publishers of the entire No Fear Shakespeare series. Rendering Shakespeare into prosaic, colloquial American English not only explains what Shakespeare was saying, but reveals how much better he said it! Here's a few examples from HAMLET: Hamlet sees the Ghost, but his mother doesn't. In modern lingo, she says, "This is only a figment of your imagination." ...             The Reduced Shakespeare Co. presentsThe Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged)38 reviews William Shakespeare, Adam Long, ... Applause Books, 2000 Funny Every Time! I have seen productions of this play several times and each time it's hilarious! Now reading it I realize what geniuses the Reduced Shakespeare Company are - especially the writers Jess Borgenson, Daniel Singer and Adam Long! The book is worth it's price just for the footnotes. Their clever, witty, and yes - bawdy (Shakespeare would have been proud!) humor is priceless!              search for books abridged, america, another, cambridge, century, children, classics, companion, compleat, complete, constructions, dictionary, editions, english, enjoying, glossary, hardcover, language, lexicon, nineteenth, nineteenth-century, one-volume, presentsthe, quotation, riverside, shakespeare, special, thinker, understanding, wordsworth books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen office product: INK CARTRIDGES Lexmark 20 70 (15M0120 and 12A1970) Compatible Black Color ... Impressum - about us get your own free tagboard