num_pages: 480
description: An invaluable companion to the study of Shakespeare and his plays, this new handbook offers many important features for the student and general reader:•Synopses of each play•Concise prefaces, with comments on Shakespeare's sources and the printing history of each play•A comprehensive glossary of major and minor characters•Biographical information, including notes on existing documentary evidence•The recorded performances prior to the closingof theatres in 1642•Significant historical dates of the period•A chronology of the plays•Extensive bibliographical data on all aspects of Shakespeare's life and worksPlus discussions of the Narrative Poems and the SonnetsA comprehensive, authoritative, and convenient study aid, The Folger Guide to Shakespeare has been designed to meet the needs of all readers of Shakespeare's immortal works.
language: English
title: Folger Guide to Shakespeare
titlecomplete: Folger Guide to Shakespeare (Folger Library General Reader's Shakespeare)
genres: Reference
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Pocket Books