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  • Cymbeline

    Constructions of Britain

    by Ros King ...
    Series series Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama
    In Cymbeline: Constructions of Britain, Ros King argues that because of previous misunderstanding of the nature and history of tragi-comedy, critics have mistaken the tone of Shakespeare's play. Although it is often dismissed as a pedestrian 'romance', or at best a self-parodic reworking of previous Shakespearean themes, she proposes that Cymbeline's fantastical, black comedy and its facility for ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Shakespeare

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Ros King ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    Whether the fault of tedious teachers or hammy actors, Shakespeare is often seen as dry and impenetrable. In this fast-paced introduction, Ros King sets out to remind us of the sheer beauty and sophistication that can make Shakespeare's works a joy for any audience. Exploring his invention, wit, along with his uncanny characterisation, King argues archaic language should be no barrier to the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Shakespeare

    by Ros King ...
    Narrated by Robert Meldrum ...
    Series series Bolinda Beginner Guides

    Unabridged

    7 hours 19 min

    Whether the fault of tedious teachers or hammy actors, Shakespeare is often seen as dry and impenetrable. In this fast-paced introduction, Ros King sets out to remind us of the sheer beauty and sophistication that can make Shakespeare’s works a joy for any audience. Exploring his invention and wit, along with his uncanny characterisation, King argues archaic language should be no barrier to the ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Comedy of Errors

    by William Shakespeare, Ros King ...
    Series series The New Cambridge Shakespeare
    The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. For this second edition of The Comedy of Errors, Ros King has revised T. S. Dorsch's ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • Renaissance Shakespeare/Shakespeare Renaissances

    Proceedings of the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress

    by Stanley Wells, Joel Rodgers, Randall Martin, Robert Darcy, Atsuhiko Hirota, Darryl Chalk, Supriya Chaudhuri, Kimberly R. West, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Margaret Shewring, Richard Fotheringham, Ros King, James J. Marino, Brian Walsh, Eleanor Collins, M. A. Katritzky, Martin Hilský, Ann Jennalie Cook, Vlasta Gallerová, Karel Kríž, Robert Sturua, Jean-Christophe Mayer, Galz Engler, Madalina Nicolaescu, Kaori Kobayashi, Patrick Lonergan, Zeno Ackermann, Tina Krontiris, Emily Oliver, Shaul Bassi, Barry Freeman, Carla della Gatta, Cristiane Busato Smith, Sharon O'Dair, Emma Depledge, Anna Cetera, Courtney Lehmann, Poonam Trivedi, Bi-Qi Beatrice Lei, Graham Holderness, Jill L. Levenson, Hersh Zeifman ...
    Selected contributions to the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress, which took place in July 2011 in Prague, represent the contemporary state of Shakespeare studies in thirty-eight countries worldwide. Apart from readings of Shakespeare’s plays and poems, more than forty chapters map Renaissance contexts of his art in politics, theater, law, or material culture and discuss numerous cases of the impact ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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  • When Honour's at the Stake (Routledge Revivals)

    by Norman Council ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Renaissance ideas of honour had a profound influence on the English people who formed Shakespeare’s audiences. In When Honour’s at the Stake, first published in 1973, Norman Council describes the increasing importance of these ideas to the themes and structure of a number of Shakespeare’s major plays.The validity of the most widely approved code of honour was being challenged on a variety of ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Two Gentlemen of Verona: The Oxford Shakespeare

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    The Oxford Shakespeare General Editor: Stanley Wells The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers. - A new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from all existing printings - Wide-ranging introduction explores the lyrical language with which Shakespeare dramatizes competing kinds of love - ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Shakespeare's Grammar

    by Professor Jonathan Hope ...
    A comparative reference guide to Shakespeare's grammar, based on a complete revision of an extremely elderly but still much-cited volume, Abbott's Shakespearean Grammar, first published in 1869 and still regarded by default as an essential component of Shakespeare research. This volume meets the identified need for an authoritative and systematic grammar of Shakespeare which takes account both of ... Read more

    $141.99 USD

  • Spiritual Shakespeares

    Edited by Ewan Fernie ...
    Series series Accents on Shakespeare
    Spiritual Shakespeares is the first book to explore the scope for reading Shakespeare spiritually in the light of contemporary theory and current world events. Ewan Fernie has brought together an exciting cast of critics in order to respond to the ‘religious turn’ in recent literary theory and to the spiritualized politics of terrorism and the ‘War on Terror’.Exploring a genuinely new perspective ... Read more

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  • The Quality of Mercy

    Reflections on Shakespeare

    by Peter Brook ...
    In The Quality of Mercy, one of the world's most revered theatre directors reflects on a fascinating variety of Shakespearean topics.In this sequence of essays, Peter Brook debates such questions as who was the man who wrote Shakespeare's plays, why Shakespeare is never out of date, and how actors should approach Shakespeare's verse. He also revisits some of the plays which he has directed with ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sonnets

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Immerse yourself in the lyrical beauty and profound emotions of William Shakespeare’s The Sonnets. This exquisite collection of 154 sonnets offers a glimpse into the timeless themes of love, beauty, and the passage of time through Shakespeare’s masterful verse.How do the sonnets capture the essence of human experience and emotion? Discover the rich tapestry of Shakespeare’s reflections on love, ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • Much Ado about Nothing

    Enriched edition. Love, Deception, and Witty Banter in Messina's Courtship Comedy

    by William Shakespeare ...
    In "Much Ado about Nothing," William Shakespeare masterfully intertwines themes of love, deception, and the complexities of human relationships against the vibrant backdrop of Messina. The play juxtaposes the comedic and the serious through witty banter and intricate wordplay, especially evident in the spirited exchanges between Beatrice and Benedick. Shakespeare employs a rich tapestry of ... Read more

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