Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exiles
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Contains the work "Two gentlemen of Verona" by William Shakespeare along with notes and commentary by Shakespearean authorities.
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exiles
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Contains the work "Two gentlemen of Verona" by William Shakespeare along with notes and commentary by Shakespearean authorities.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451644655
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
While the word “gentlemen” suggests that its heroes are adults, The Two Gentlemen of Verona is more intelligible if we think of them as boys, leaving home for the first time. One has a crush on a girl, Julia, though he hasn’t yet told her. Sent to court to learn to be “perfect gentlemen,” Valentine and Proteus are derailed by their attraction to Sylvia, the ruler’s daughter. Valentine’s mental denseness does not deter Sylvia from returning his love, but he is caught, and banished, when he tries to elope with her. Proteus’ desire for Sylvia wipes out his former love, leading him into despicable acts that win scorn from Sylvia and wound Julia, who has pursued him disguised as a boy. When Sylvia follows Valentine into banishment, Proteus follows Sylvia, and Julia follows Proteus, the stage is set for a disturbing ending. But the stage is also set for the “gentlemen” to take small steps toward maturity. The authoritative edition of The Two Gentlemen of Verona from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: -The exact text of the printed book for easy cross-reference -Hundreds of hypertext links for instant navigation -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play -Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play -Scene-by-scene plot summaries -A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases -An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play -Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books -An annotated guide to further reading Essay by Jeffrey Masten The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.
Shakespeare's Comedy of The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Author: William ShakespeareShakespeare's Comedy of The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Author: William ShakespeareShakespeare's Comedy of The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Author: William ShakespeareShakespeare's Comedy of Two Gentlemen of Verona
Author: William ShakespeareShakespeare's Comedy of the Two Gentlemen of Verona
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN: 9781332779086
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Excerpt from Shakespeare's Comedy of the Two Gentlemen of Verona: Edited, With Notes Johnson, and has been rejected by all succeeding critics. On the contrary, as Verplanck remarks, The play is full of undeniable marks of the author in its strong resemblance in taste and style to his earlier plays and poems, as well as in the indications it gives Of his future power of original humour and vivid delineation of char acter. It, indeed, has the characteristics of a young author who had already acquired a ready and familiar mastery of poetic diction and varied versification, and who had studied nature with a poet's eyes for the play abounds in brief passages of great beauty and melody. There are here, too, as in his other early dramas, out lines of thought and touches of character, sometimes faintly or imperfectly sketched, to which he afterwards returned in his maturer years, and wrought them out into his most striking scenes and impressive passages. Thus, Julia and Silvia are, both of them, evidently early studies of female love and loveliness, from the un practised prentice hand of the same great artist who was afterwards to portray with matchless delicacy and truth the deeper affections, the nobler intellects, and the varied imaginative genius of Viola, of Rosalind, and of Imogen. Indeed, as a drama of character, however inferior to his own after-creations, it is, when compared with the works of his predecessors and con temporaries, superior alike in taste and in originality. As Mr. Hallam justly observes, 'it was probably the first English comedy in which characters are drawn ideal and yet true;' although, when contrasted with. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Shakespeare's comedy of the Two gentlemen of Verona, with notes, adapted for scholastic or private study by J. Hunter
Author: William ShakespeareShakespeare's Comedy of the Two Gentlemen of Verona
Author: William ShakespeareTwo Gentlemen of Verona
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: 谷月社
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1589 and 1592. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and motifs with which he would later deal in more detail; for example, it is the first of his plays in which a heroine dresses as a boy. The play deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity, the conflict between friendship and love, and the foolish behaviour of people in love. The highlight of the play is considered by some to be Launce, the clownish servant of Proteus, and his dog Crab, to whom "the most scene-stealing non-speaking role in the canon" has been attributed. Two Gentlemen is often regarded as one of Shakespeare's weakest plays. It has the smallest named cast of any play by Shakespeare.