books about: shakespeares     books:       Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Eminent Lives)72 reviews Bill Bryson Harper Perennial, 2008 As much as most people will ever want to know When I visited Ashland, Oregon's Shakespeare Festival the buyer in their large, authoritative bookstore suggested this as a good basic biography of William Shakespeare. I've concluded it was a good recommendation for several reasons. It is a relatively brief 224 pages because Bryson makes the case that extremely few documented facts are known about Shakespeare's life. It seems that ...             Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Wordsworth Special Editions) (Wordsworth Royals Series)65 reviews William Shakespeare Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1997 Good ol' William It's taken me years to read plenty of Shakespeare, and there will probably always be something to read. He is the master of the drama and comedy.             Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion16 reviews David Crystal, Ben Crystal Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 By Saint Charity -- What a great reference! What an awesome idea! To put into one place definitions for the hard-to-understand Elizabethan English that one runs into in Shakepeare! Whether it be "prithee" or "forsooth" or "prating mountebank," the dictionary will help give the Shakespeare novice or pro the information needed to decipher the Bard's often-complex writing. In addition, there are frequent collections of definitions that ...             Hamlet (No Fear Shakespeare)7 reviews William Shakespeare SparkNotes, 2003 Not a Review of Hamlet, but of "No Fear Shakespeare" It would serve no useful purpose to write a review of Hamlet. It has already taken its rightful place among mankind's greatest works. The subject here is not Hamlet, but the manner in which it is presented: Numbered, original text on the left hand page, modern, up-to-date language on the right hand page. As with all of Spark Notes editors, an excellent way to present the play, for the first ...             Spanking Shakespeare8 reviews Jake Wizner Random House Books for Young Readers, 2008 Older Kids Loved It Our 16- and 14-year-olds, who are very big readers, loved this book. These readers, who between them read over 150 books per year, called this "one of the best books" they've read.             Macbeth (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels) (No Fear Shakespeare Illustrated)4 reviews SparkNotes Editors SparkNotes, 2008 No need to avoid Shakespeare anymore I consider myself to be a reasonably literate individual but, I have always avoided Shakespeare since I cannot make sense of the text. But now, I have fianally read Macbeth because, with "No Fear Shakespeare," each left hand page is written in the original whereas the right hand page is a plain English translation. So now I know, that when a porter says "it makes him stand to and not stand to," ...             William Shakespeare Complete Works (Modern Library)13 reviews William Shakespeare Modern Library, 2007 Modernization of The First Folio The RSC Complete Works is a wonderful addition to anyone's library even if you already have another version of the Complete Works. As other reviewers have pointed out this edition follows the sequence and format of the First Folio making it somewhat unique in the selection of Complete Works that are available. The Text is easy to follow and the introductory material is first rate. ALso the ...             Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels) (No Fear Shakespeare Illustrated)12 reviews SparkNotes Editors SparkNotes, 2008 Shakespeare Made Simple I'm a lifelong Shakespeare fan who has recently discovered the No Fear series of "translations" of the plays. Although I had considered myself comfortable with Elizabethan dialect, I've learned a lot from the No Fear books. However, especially in Romeo and Juliet, one is struck by how the pleasure in reading the play is in the language, not the plot. Side-by-side with modern English, ...             The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works 2nd Edition12 reviews William Shakespeare Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 To Delight Not Study You will thoroughly enjoy this all-in-one beautiful volume which is meant to delight not study. Almost two decades after the original "The Oxford Shakespeare:The Complete Works", this second edition is a much improved version compiled by world's leading authorities. It comes with updated helpful and handy information which includes an essay on the language of Shakespeare, a User's Guide ...             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's Secret25 reviews Elise Broach Square Fish, 2007 JiTTeRbOx895's Review! So, I picked up this book at my local library and it was so good! I read it almost two years ago and back then my reading level was a little bit better than a monkey, so this book is fairly easy to read. But that never takes away from the great thrill that it gives you to read it since it IS a mystery! Basically, we are taken into the Netherfield family's new home to be introduced to Hero. Hero ...             Shakespeare's Christmas (Lily Bard Mysteries, Book 3)22 reviews Charlaine Harris Berkley, 2008 Lily is my favorite! Reviewer: Renee S. N.Y.C. I too love everything that Charlaine Harris writes, but unfortunately I read them in one sitting - and she's just not writing fast enough for me. I thought that this third Lily Bard story was excellent. The plot was deeper and the characters were more fully fleshed out, even the minor ones. It was also interesting to get a glimpse of what Lily was like before the Bad Thing happened, through the ...             The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd Edition31 reviews William Shakespeare Heinle, 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.             Filthy Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Most Outrageous Sexual Puns7 reviews Pauline Kiernan Gotham, 2007 FIVE STARS The great strength of Filthy Shakespeare is that is has been written by a Shakespeare scholar who is also a dramatist. Dr. Kiernan shows that Shakespeare often used sexual puns as a serious dramatic device for important issues such as morality, politics, and war. Some of the best parts of the book are where she demonstrates how Shakespeare used sexual puns to intensify the the dramatic impact of ...             The Reduced Shakespeare Co. presentsThe Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged)40 reviews William Shakespeare, Adam Long, ... Applause Books, 2000 One of the Funniest Scripts I Have Ever Seen Having seen this play done by a local theater company, I immediately fell in love with it, and when the chance came for me to put on a production of the complete works, I jumped on it. This is a great script that is very accessible for actors, with detailed stage descriptions that are great starting off points for original and dynamic blocking. The directions maintain the level of comedy with ...             Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)29 reviews William Shakespeare Washington Square Press, 2004 Can Love Conquer All? Innocent love is the most pure... and the sight of those who are in that beautiful whirlwind of its hypnotic clutches is a sight to behold. Is it true? "Is youth wasted on the young." Sometimes, sometimes not. Romeo and Juliet is the most known western love story of all time. Why? This is not an easy question to answer, however, personally, I would never go back to those extremes ...             Macbeth (Shakespeare Made Easy)19 reviews William Shakespeare Barron's Educational Series, 1985 You'll get Shakespeare after reading this My World Literature professor suggested the "Shakespeare Made Easy" series after I told her that I would have difficulty understanding the Bard. I not only (finally!) understood what was happening but, in the future, will buy the other books in the series to do some serious catching up on Shakespeare. The translation was in Modern English but what will surprise the reader is that many things ...             Hamlet (Cambridge School Shakespeare)154 reviews William Shakespeare Cambridge University Press, 2005 To thine own self be true ... NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHIEFLY PERTAINS TO THE NEW FOLGER LIBRARY EDITION. 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 ...             The Complete Pelican Shakespeare (Pelican Shakespeare)58 reviews William Shakespeare Penguin Classics, 2002 The most readable edition I have several complete Shakespeare editions, and the Pelican stands out as the most readable I own. The book is, of course, large and thick, but the paper is not see-through, and the type is large enough for those of us with aging eyes. The text is in two columns with footnotes at the bottom of each column, making it easy to skip from words to notes and back again. Best of all, as an owner ...             World of Shakespeare: The Complete Plays and Sonnets of William Shakespeare (38 Volume Library)37 reviews William Shakespeare Penguin, 2006 Very much worth the investment - IF you're already initiated I am a non-native speaker of English who have been struggling to get into Shakespeare's language for a while. My method so far has been reading translations along with the original (over the internet and in Penguin books) and ensuing the aid of "no fear Shakespeare", Sparknotes and other internet resources, plus the glossary "Shakespeare Words", which I also bought from Amazon. 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