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King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and Job-like Lear, who divides his kingdom, as he does his affections, according to vanity and whim. Lear’s failure as a father engulfs himself and...

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There has been very little linguistically sound discussion of the differences between poetry and prose, and virtually no discussion of any sort of the practical consequences of those differences for the translation of prose. The Art of Translating...

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There has been very little linguistically sound discussion of the differences between poetry and prose, and virtually no discussion of any sort of the practical consequences of those differences for the translation of prose. The Art of Translating...

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Basic human drivescuriosity, passion, the need to provide shape and structure, the excitement of discoveryunderlie all human creativity. Different minds and sensibilities necessarily focus on different aspects of human experience. However, in our ...

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This book by a well-known translator and critic is divided into two parts, the first dealing with the linguistic and other more technical aspects of translating poetry, the second involved with more practice-oriented matters. The chapters in Part ...

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The Annotated Shakespeare series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the worlds greatest dramatist If any work deserves a students closest attention, it is Hamlet. Burton Raffels fully annotated edition is a teachers and...

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The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the worlds greatest dramatist Burton Raffel is surely one of the professions top linguists and scholars, and the application here of his vast knowledge of ...

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The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the worlds greatest dramatist To be able to read Macbeth with the eye of one of our professions top linguists and scholars is a treat for the heart as well...

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The Annotated Shakespeare Series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the worlds greatest dramatist A drama . . . get[s] Yales red-carpet treatment.Library Journal One of the most powerful dramas ever written for the stag...

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The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the worlds greatest dramatist The first tragedy to be played in the new Globe Theatre, Julius Caesar is set at a crucial turning point in Roman history, as...

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While England is threatened by the Earl of Northumberland, Young Prince Hal cavorts in London's taverns, accompanied by the dissolute, entertaining Falstaff and his band of rogues. Much of this play's tension involves Prince Hal and Falstaff, as t...

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The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the worlds greatest dramatist Shakespeares valedictory play is also one of his most poetical and magical. The story involves the spirit Ariel, the savage C...

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The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the worlds greatest dramatist In one of Shakespeares bawdier comedies, contemporary audiences still take great pleasure in the rapid-fire verbal battles be...

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The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the worlds greatest dramatist Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeares funniest plays and also one of his most romantic. A young noblewoman, Viola, shipwrecked...

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The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the worlds greatest dramatist In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but...

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The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the worlds greatest dramatist Treacherous, power-hungry, untempered by moral restraint, and embittered by physical deformity, Richard, the younger brother ...

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The Annotated Shakespeare series enables today's readers to understand and enjoy the plays of the world's greatest dramatist. Comprehensive on-page annotations assist with vocabulary, pronunciation, prosody, and alternative readings of phrases and...

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Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s funniest plays and also one of his most romantic. A young noblewoman, Viola,  shipwrecked in a foreign land and separated from her twin brother, dresses as a man in order to enter the service of Ors...

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In one of Shakespeare’s bawdier comedies, contemporary audiences still take great pleasure in the rapid-fire verbal battles between the shrewish Katharina and the canny Petruchio, determined to subdue Katharina’s legendary temper and w...

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In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish money...

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Perhaps no other Shakespearean drama so engulfs its readers in the ruinous journey of surrender to evil as does Macbeth. A timeless tragedy about the nature of ambition, conscience, and the human heart, the play holds a profound grip on the Wester...

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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most read and beloved of all stage works. Now the most extensively annotated version of the play to date makes it completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century. The new edition is ...

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One of the most powerful dramas ever written for the stage, Othello is a story of revenge, illusion, passion, mistrust, jealousy, and murder. If in Iago Shakespeare created the most compelling villain in Western literature, in Othello and Desdemon...

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Shakespeare's valedictory play is also one of his most poetical and magical. The story involves the spirit Ariel, the savage Caliban, and Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island who uses his magic to shipwreck ...

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Treacherous, power-hungry, untempered by moral restraint, and embittered by physical deformity, Richard, the younger brother of King Edward IV, is ablaze with ambition to take England’s throne. Richard III, Shakespeare’s long chronicle...

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Affordable, compact, and authoritative, this one-volume edition of The Annotated Milton encompasses the monumental sweep of John Milton’s poetry. Here are Milton’ s early works, including his first great poem, “On the Morning of ...

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Bantam is proud to present all of Milton's English poetry--complete and fully annotated--including "Paradise Lost, " "Paradise Regained, " and "Samson Agonistes." This is the definitive Milton for teachers and student...

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