An edition of Essential Shakespeare handbook
(2004)
Essential Shakespeare handbook
by Leslie Dunton-Downer
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For each of Shakespeare's plays, provides an introduction, list of characters, plot summary, notes on reading the play, and notes on seeing the play. Also includes an introduction to Shakespeare and his time; a genre overview for each of the four types of play--history, comedy, tragedy, and romance; and overviews of selected non-dramatic poems.
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Essential Shakespeare handbook
2004, DK Pub., DK ADULT
in English
- 1st American ed.
0789493330 9780789493330
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Table of Contents
How to use this handbook
The life of William Shakespeare
Shakespeare in his time
Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre
Shakespeare's canon
Shakespeare's language
The works of Shakespeare
The history plays: Henry VI, part I
Henry VI, part II
Henry VI, part III
Richard III
King John
Edward III
Richard II
Henry IV, part I
Henry IV, part II
Henry V
Henry VIII
The comedies: The comedy of errors
The taming of the shrew
The two gentlemen of Verona
Love's labour's lost
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 measure
The tragedies: Titus Andronicus
Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar
Hamlet
Othello
King Lear
Macbeth
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Timon of Athens
The romances: Pericles
Cymbeline
The winter's tale
The tempest
The two noble kinsmen
Non-dramatic poetry: The narrative poems: Venus and Adonis
The rape of Lucrece
The phoenix and the turtle
A lover's complaint
The lyric poems: The sonnets
Shall I die?
Epitaphs
Global Shakespeare
Index
Picture credits & acknowledgements.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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