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Essential Shakespeare Handbook

Essential Shakespeare Handbook

The Definitive, Fully Illustrated Guide to the World's Greatest Playwright and His Works

by Alan Riding and Leslie Dunton-Downer
Paperback
Publication Date: 02/01/2014

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The ultimate visual guide to every Shakespeare play

The Essential Shakespeare Handbook unravels the history, themes and language of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets.

Romance, comedy and tragedy, Shakespeare's canon has it all. With act-by-act plot summaries and resumes of main characters, the Essential Shakespeare Handbook will allow you to enjoy the Bard with new confidence. See the plays and sonnets in context with a portrait of the Bard's life and the world of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. Enrich your experience of the Bard's work on the page, stage, and screen with an in-depth look at Shakespearean language and Shakespeare's influence across the globe.

Whether you want a quick overview of Hamlet before a trip to the theatre or help with a Shakespeare essay, the popular Essential Shakespeare Handbook now with a new jacket (previous ISBN 9780751348828) is the book for you.
ISBN:
9781409346258
9781409346258
Category:
Shakespeare studies & criticism
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
02-01-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
480
Dimensions (mm):
209x148x26mm
Weight:
0.87kg
Alan Riding

Alan Riding was the European cultural correspondent for the New York Times for 12 years. He was previously bureau chief for the Times in Paris, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, and Mexico City. He was awarded the Maria Moors Cabot Prize by Columbia University for his coverage of Latin America.

Leslie Dunton-Downer

Leslie Dunton-Downer received a PhD with Distinction in comparative literature from Harvard. She has served as a lecturer at her alma mater, and is a trustee of the Harvard Advocate and a member of the Society of Fellows. She was a 2014 fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.

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