Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
All's Well That Ends Well Annotated
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Set in France and Italy, All's Well That Ends Well is a story of one-sided romance, based on a tale from Boccaccio's The Decameron. Helen, orphaned daughter of a doctor, is under the protection of the widowed Countess of Rossillion. In love with Bertram, the countess' son, Helen follows him to court, where she cures the sick French king of an apparently fatal illness. The king rewards Helen by offering her the husband of her choice. She names Bertram; he resists. When forced by the king to marry her, he refuses to sleep with her and, accompanied by the braggart Parolles, leaves for the Italian wars. He says that he will only accept Helen if she obtains a ring from his finger and becomes pregnant with his child. She goes to Italy disguised as a pilgrim and suggests a 'bed trick' whereby she will take the place of Diana, a widow's daughter whom Bertram is trying to seduce. A 'kidnapping trick' humiliates the boastful Parolles, whilst the bed trick enables Helen to fulfil Bertram's conditions, leaving him no option but to marry her, to his mother's delight.
The Works of William Shakspeare: All's well that ends well ; Winter's tale ; Troilus and Cressida
Author: William ShakespeareThe Winter's Tale Annotated
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some critics consider it to be one of Shakespeare's problem plays because the first three acts are filled with intense psychological drama, while the last two acts are comedic and supply a happy ending
The Cambridge Shakespeare Guide
Author: Emma SmithPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521195233
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
An indispensable reference tool for Shakespeare students and enthusiasts, this compact guide provides authoritative summaries of each of Shakespeare's works.
Catalogue of the Works of William Shakespeare, Original and Traslated, Together with the Shakespeariana Embraced in the Barton Collection of the Boston Public Library
Author: Boston Public Library. Barton CollectionPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
All's Well that Ends Well
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139835300
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
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 interpretations. For the second edition of All's Well That Ends Well, Alexander Leggatt has written a completely new introduction to Russell Fraser's text of one of Shakespeare's most puzzling, ambiguous and demanding plays. Leggatt's interest in performance is evident throughout the introduction, particularly in his discussion of the instability of the main characters. He also provides a full, illustrated and thoughtful account of the play's critical and theatrical fortunes to the end of the twentieth century, and explores our experience as an audience of seeing and hearing the play performed. An updated reading list completes the volume.
The Works of William Shakespeare ...
Author: William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1192
Book Description
Folger Library, Two Decades of Growth
Author: Louis B. WrightPublisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780918016553
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Troilus and Cressida
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Given the wealth of formal debate contained in this tragedy, Troilus and Cressida was probably written in 1602 for a performance at one of the Inns of the Court. Shakespeare's treatment of the age-old tale of love and betrayal is based on many sources, from Homer and Ovid to Chaucer andShakespeare's near contemporary Robert Greene. In the introduction the various problems connected with the play, its performance, and publication, are considered succinctly; its multiple sources are discussed in detail, together with its peculiar stage history and its renewed popularity in recentyears.