The Taming of the Shrew: The Oxford Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

The Taming of the Shrew: Oxford School Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

This edition of The Taming of the Shrew is especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including

The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

The Taming of the Shrew is unique among Shakespeare's plays and is a perennial and compelling success in the theatre. Its reception is marked, however, by ongoing polarised debate over the meaning and worth of the play. This edition disengages Shakespeare's exuberant and disturbing marital farce

The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare William)(Pevná vazba)

Controversial and sexually charged, The Taming of the Shrew is possibly William Shakespeare's first play, and certainly among the most performed. Petruchio's courtship of the unwilling 'shrew' Katherina poses the question: is it an examination of brute male domination or a passionate love story

The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books 50 Covers competitionThis edition of The Taming of the Shrew is edited with an introduction and notes by series editor Stephen Orgel and was recently repackaged with

The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

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

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A Shakespeare Story: The Taming of the Shrew (Matthews Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

The perfect introduction to Shakespeare's classic play for 6-11

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Hamlet: The Oxford Shakespeare Hamlet (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

This Oxford Shakespeare edition of Hamlet represents a radically new text of the best known and most widely discussed of all Shakespearean tragedies. Arguing that the text currently accepted is not, in fact, the most authoritative version of the play, this new edition turns to the First Folio of

The Taming of the Shrew (No Fear Shakespeare), 12 (Sparknotes)(Paperback)

Read Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance--and understand what every word means Don't be intimidated by Shakespeare These popular guides make the Bard's plays accessible and enjoyable. Each No Fear guide contains: The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: The Oxford Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Thought to be Shakespeare's earliest surviving play, The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy filled with passionate lovers, women disguised as men, sword fights and sudden revelations, and a happy denouement, all underscored by a farcical subplot featuring the character Launce and his dog Crab

Henry V: The Oxford Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

The introduction includes an examination of the Quarto and texts, and of the relationship between them; a critical discussion of the play's historical and literary sources; an examination of conflicting critical attitudes to the play, and of its fluctuating theatrical fortunes; and a demonstration

Cymbeline (Oxford World´s Classics New Edition) - William Shakespeare

This is the first new, full-scale edition of Cymbeline in 37 years. One of Shakespeare's final works, Cymbeline uses virtuoso theatrical and poetic means to dramatize a story of marriage imperiled by mistrust and painfully rebuilt in the context of international conflict. Roger Warren's commentary

The History of King Lear: The Oxford Shakespeare the History of King Lear (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

King Lear, widely considered Shakespeare's most deeply moving, passionately expressed, and intellectually ambitious play, has almost always been edited from the revised version printed in the First Folio of 1623, with additions from the quarto of 1608. Now for the first time, this new volume

Complete Sonnets and Poems: The Oxford Shakespeare the Complete Sonnets and Poems (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

King John: The Oxford Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Edited by the eminent A.R. Braunmuller, this thorough edition of King John--the first scholarly edition in almost fifteen years--makes a significant contribution to the study of Shakespeare's works. Braunmuller offers a wide-ranging critical introduction, which focuses on the play's political

William Shakespeare: The Complete Works (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

A compact edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare. It combines impeccable scholarship with beautifully written editorial material and a user-friendly layout of the text. Also included is a foreword, list of contents, general introduction, essay on language, contemporary allusions to

Richard II: The Oxford Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Written in 1595, Richard II occupies a significant place in the Shakespeare canon, marking the transition from the earlier history plays dominated by civil war and stark power to a more nuanced representation of the political conflicts of England's past where character and politics are inextricably

William Shakespeare Comedies (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Bring on the merriment and song whenever you open this collection of Shakespeare's entertaining comedies. The comedies of William Shakespeare--including The Tempest, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and As You Like It--have entertained readers and theatergoers for centuries. This

Titus Andronicus: The Oxford Shakespeare Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

The introduction reviews the few known facts about this early Shakespeare play and discusses the puzzling problems of its date and authorship. The text has been freshly edited with the aim of presenting the play as revised for the first recorded performance in 1594, with the addition of stage

Julius Caesar: The Oxford Shakespeare Julius Caesar (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

The most famous of Shakespeare's Roman tragedies, Julius Caesar was written and first performed in 1599, and was apparently one the plays his contemporaries enjoyed most. Recounting the death of Caesar on the steps of the Senate house, the play offers some of Shakespeare's finest scenes: Antony's

The Winter's Tale: The Oxford Shakespeare the Winter's Tale (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

The Winter's Tale is Shakespeare's most fully realized tragicomedy, noted for the richness and complexity of its poetry. Though the title may suggest an escapist fantasy, recent criticism has seen in the play a profoundly realistic psychology and a keen commentary on the violence implicit in family

The Tragedy of Coriolanus: The Oxford Shakespeare the Tragedy of Coriolanus (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Perhaps the most brilliant political play ever written, Coriolanus is a gripping psychological study of the relationship between personality and politics, and its Roman hero one of the most memorable Shakespeare ever created. The introduction to this new edition offers the first full stage history

Much ADO about Nothing: The Oxford Shakespeare Much ADO about Nothing (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)