Shakespeare category: 1671 books

First published in 1861, "Shakespeare: His Birthplace and its Neighbourhood" contains a detailed history of the English town Stratford-upon-Avon and its surrounding areas by John R. Wise. John Richard de Capel Wise (1883 - 1890) was an English writer, journalist, and editor. Other notable...

Believed to have been written between 1610 and 1611, “The Tempest” is likely the last play written solely by Shakespeare. The story concerns the Magician Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, and his daughter, Miranda, who have been stranded on an island by Prospero’s jealous brother Antonio....

"König Lear" gilt als eine der herausragenden Tragödien aus der Feder William Shakespeares. Die Person König Lears und seine Geschichte basieren auf der Figur des König Leir, eines der legendären Könige Britanniens aus vorrömischer Zeit, die wiederum auf die keltische Meeresgottheit...

Oversized mini book packed with witty summaries of the plays of William Shakespeare, a man widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, and all of the Shakespearan classics are efficiently organized into comedies, tragedies,...

La historia original del moro de Venecia, de Gianbattista Giraldi Cinthio (1565), sirvió a William Shakespeare para crear Otelo, la única de sus «grandes tragedias» basada en una obra de ficción. Contraviniendo la imagen isabelina del «moro», Shakespeare invierte los papeles de los protagonistas...

Ce volume de la série "Les Œuvres de Shakespeare" comprend les pièces de tragédies. L'influence de Shakespeare sur le théâtre moderne est considérable. Non seulement Shakespeare a créé certaines des pièces les plus admirées...

All 11 Shakespeare tragedies in French translation. ANTOINE ET CLÉOPÂTRE, CORIOLAN, HAMLET, JULES CÉSAR, LE ROI LEAR, MACBETH, OTHELLO OU LE MORE DE VENISE, ROMÉO ET JULIETTE, TIMON D'ATHÈNES, TITUS ANDRONICUS, and TROÏLUS ET CRESSIDA. Translated by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787 - 1874), French historian, and statesman. First published in 1864.

The Shakespeare tragedy, in English, with line numbers, and translated to French by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787 - 1874), French historian, and statesman. According to Wikipeia: "Antony and "Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between...

Focusing on Shakespeare and his contemporaries, these original essays by leading scholars explore how theatrical, aesthetic, and linguistic forms engage early modern experiences of temporality. Encompassing comedy, tragedy, history, and romance, some contributions consider how different models...

This book contains easy-to-read retellings of these 11 tragedies by William Shakespeare in our modern English: Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida By reading these books...

The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Embodiment brings together 40 of the most important scholars and intellectuals writing on the subject today. Extending the purview of feminist criticism, it offers an intersectional paradigm for considering representations of gender in the context of race, ethnicity,...

Shakespeare instructed by delighting. His comedies and tragedies contain more actual wisdom than the whole body of English learning. He is the teacher of all good – pity, generosity, true courage, love. His bright wit is cut out into little stars. This collection of Shakespeare tales includes: The...

Shakespeare's romantic play ' Cymbeline' is carefully set in the pre-Christian Roman era. The main theme of Cymbeline–Posthumus' wager on the chastity of his wife, Imogen–Shakespeare derived from a story in Boccacio's Decameron. But he put this Italianate intrigue...

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works,...