The Necessary Shakespeare
Edition: Fifth Edition (1)
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 916
ISBN-13: 9780134139883
Copyright date: 2017
Table of contents: title: Preface --; title: Shakespeare's world : a visual portfolio --; title: General introduction. Reading Shakespeare in the twenty-first century ; Life in Shakespeare's England ; The drama before Shakespeare ; London theaters and dramatic companies ; Shakespeare's life and work ; How to read Shakespeare ; Shakespeare's language ; Shakespeare criticism --; title: The comedies. The taming of the shrew ; A midsummer night's dream ; The merchant of Venice ; Much ado about nothing ; As you like it ; Twelfth night; or, What you will ; Measure for measure --; title: The histories. The tragedy of King Richard the third ; The tragedy of King Richard the second ; The first part of King Henry the fourth ; The life of King Henry the fifth --; title: The tragedies. Romeo and Juliet ; Julius Caesar ; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark ; Othello, the moor of Venice ; King Lear ; Macbeth ; Antony and Cleopatra --; title: The romances. The winter's tale ; The tempest --; title: The poems. Sonnets --; title: Appendix 1: Canon, dates, and early texts --; title: Appendix 2: Sources --; title: Appendix 3: Shakespeare in performance --; title: Appendix 4: Films and videos as a guide to the study of Shakespeare --; title: The royal genealogy of England, 1154-1625.