Shakespeare and the Middle Ages. Every generation reinvents Shakespeare for its own needs, imagining through its particular choices and emphases the Shakespeare that it values. The man himself was deeply involved in his own kind of historical reimagining. In this book, leading international Shakespeare scholars consider the significant characteristics of Shakespeare's last plays and place them in their Jacobean context.
Shakespeare's Dark Lady. Amelia Bassano Lanier is proved to be a strong candidate for authorship of Shakespeare's plays: Hudson looks at the fascinating life of this woman, believed by many to be the dark lady of the sonnets, and presents the case that she may have written Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare's Medieval Craft. Shakespeare Survey. The Tragedy of Macbeth commonly called Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath.
It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between and The earliest account of a performance of what was probably Shakespeare's play is April , when Simon Forman recorded seeing such a play at the Globe Theatre. It was first published in the Folio of , possibly from a prompt book. The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately , and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" "A Moorish Captain" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in The work revolves around four central characters: Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army; his wife Desdemona; his lieutenant, Cassio; and his trusted ensign Iago.
Because of its varied and current themes of racism, love, jealousy, and betrayal, Othello is still often performed in professional and community theatres alike and has been the basis for numerous operatic, film, and literary adaptations. The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's earliest plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play.
The Comedy of Errors along with The Tempest is one of only two of Shakespeare's plays to observe the classical unities. Shakespeare wrote or contributed to more than 40 plays, ranging from romantic.
This major new complete edition of Shakespeare's works combines accessibility with the latest scholarship. Each play and collection of poems is preceded by a substantial introduction that looks at textual and literary-historical issues.
The texts themselves have been scrupulously edited and are accompanied by same-page notes and glossaries. Particular attention. The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Social Justice is a wide-ranging, authoritative guide to research on Shakespeare and issues of social justice and arts activism by an international team of leading scholars, directors, arts activists, and educators.
Across four sections it explores the relevance and responsibility of art to. It argues that the current scholarly emphasis on patriarchal power, male misogyny, and women's oppression may tell us more about ourselves than about the world Shakespeare inhabited and the worlds he created in his plays. The sonnets in this collection divide into two parts; the first are addressed to a fair youth for whom the poet has an obsessive love and the second chronicles his love for the notorious "Dark Lady".
In addition to the sonnets, this volume includes two lengthy poems on classical themes. As an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social causes, the psychological roots, and the twisted consequences of tyranny.
A concise, accessible introduction to Shakespeare's life and work which focuses on what we know, assessing the differing theories and avoiding speculation. With over offerings from the most quoted writer in the English language, this modestly priced volume provides a luxurious assortment of memorable and profound thoughts on love, marriage, truth, beauty, more.
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