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63 produkter
Doctor Faustus and Other Plays
Tamburlaine, Parts I and II; Doctor Faustus, A- and B-Texts; The Jew of Malta; Edward II
Av Christopher Marlowe, David Bevington m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
147 kr
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Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is the most important of Shakespeare's contempories. This edition offers his five major plays, which show the radicalism and vitality of his writing in the few years before his violent death.Tamburlaine …
This Wide and Universal Theater
Shakespeare in Performance, Then and Now
Häftad, 2009
277 kr
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Many readers first encounter Shakespeare's plays in a book rather than a theater. Yet Shakespeare was through and through a man of the stage. So what do we lose when we leave Shakespeare the practitioner behind, and what do we learn when we think about his plays as dramas to be performed? David …
The Oxford Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part One
Av William Shakespeare, David Bevington
Inbunden, 1987
3495 kr
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As Henry's throne is threatened by rebel forces, England is divided. The characters reflect these oppositions, with Hal and Hotspur vying for position, and Falstaff leading Hal away from his father and towards excess. During Shakespeare's lifetime Henry IV, Part I was his most reprinted play, and …
Shakespeare and Biography
E-bok, 2010
254 kr
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OXFORD SHAKESPEARE TOPICSGeneral Editors: Peter Holland and Stanley WellsOxford Shakespeare Topics provide students and teachers with short books on important aspects of Shakespeare criticism and scholarship. Each book is written by an authority in its field, and combines accessible style with …
Shakespeare and Biography
E-bok, 2010
237 kr
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OXFORD SHAKESPEARE TOPICSGeneral Editors: Peter Holland and Stanley WellsOxford Shakespeare Topics provide students and teachers with short books on important aspects of Shakespeare criticism and scholarship. Each book is written by an authority in its field, and combines accessible style with …
Murder Most Foul
Hamlet Through the Ages
E-bok, 2011
544 kr
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What is it about Hamlet that has made it such a compelling and vital work? Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through the Ages is an account of Shakespeare''s great play from its sources in Scandinavian epic lore to the way it was performed and understood in his own day, and then how the play has fared down …
Murder Most Foul
Hamlet Through the Ages
E-bok, 2011
544 kr
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What is it about Hamlet that has made it such a compelling and vital work? Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through the Ages is an account of Shakespeare''s great play from its sources in Scandinavian epic lore to the way it was performed and understood in his own day, and then how the play has fared down …
Doctor Faustus and Other Plays
Tamburlaine, Parts I and II; Doctor Faustus, A- and B-Texts; The Jew of Malta; Edward II
Av Christopher Marlowe, David Bevington m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
3495 kr
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Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is the most important of Shakespeares contemporaries. This edition offers his five major plays, which show the radicalism and vitality of his writing in the few years before his violent death.Tamburlaine …
Murder Most Foul
Hamlet Through the Ages
Häftad, 2014
625 kr
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What is it about Hamlet that has made it such a compelling and vital work? Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through the Ages is an account of Shakespeare's great play from its sources in Scandinavian epic lore to the way it was performed and understood in his own day, and then how the play has fared down …
Shakespeare and Biography
Häftad, 2010
541 kr
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OXFORD SHAKESPEARE TOPICS General Editors: Peter Holland and Stanley Wells Oxford Shakespeare Topics provide students and teachers with short books on important aspects of Shakespeare criticism and scholarship. Each book is written by an authority in its field, and combines accessible style with …
Murder Most Foul
Hamlet Through the Ages
Inbunden, 2011
879 kr
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What is it about Hamlet that has made it such a compelling and vital work? Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through the Ages is an account of Shakespeare's great play from its sources in Scandinavian epic lore to the way it was performed and understood in his own day, and then how the play has fared down …
This Wide and Universal Theater
Shakespeare in Performance, Then and Now
Inbunden, 2007
295 kr
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Many readers first encounter Shakespeare's plays in a book rather than a theater. Yet Shakespeare was through and through a man of the stage. So what do we lose when we leave Shakespeare the practitioner behind, and what do we learn when we think about his plays as dramas to be performed? David …
As You Like It
Av William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
97 kr
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This wisely funny comedy, which contains some of Shakespeare’s loveliest poetry, contrasts a court’s world of envy and rivalry with a forest’s world of compassion and harmony. In the Forest of Arden, the banished young heroine, Rosalind, disguised as a gentleman farmer, encounters an extraordinary …
Four Comedies
The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night''s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twel fth Night
Av William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
87 kr
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The Taming of the Shrew Robust and bawdy, The Taming of the Shrew captivates audiences with outrageous humor as Katharina, the shrew, engages in a contest of wills–and love–with her bridegroom, Petruchio, in a comedy of unmatched theatrical brilliance, filled with visual gags and witty repartee. A …
Four Tragedies
Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
Av William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
104 kr
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Hamlet One of the most famous plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the young prince of Denmark who must reconcile his longing for oblivion with his duty to avenge his father’s murder is one of Shakespeare’s greatest works. The ghost, Ophelia’s death and burial, the play within a play, and …
Henry V
Av William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
72 kr
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A triumphantly patriotic play that also casts a critical eye at war and warriors, this great epic drama depicts a charismatic ruler in a time of national struggle. The young King Henry’s victory over the French despite overwhelming odds creates a spectacle of action, color, and thundering battles. …
Julius Caesar
Av William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
82 kr
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In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings–“Beware the ides of March”–and of moving public oratory, “Friends, …
Merchant of Venice
Av William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
100 kr
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This is one of Shakespeare’s darkest comedies, for the romantic story of a young man, Bassanio, who has squandered his fortune and must borrow money to woo the wealthy lady he loves is set against the more disturbing story of the Jewish moneylender Shylock and his demand for the “pound of flesh” …
Much Ado About Nothing
Av William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
84 kr
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Set in a courtly world of masked revels and dances, this play turns on the archetypal story of a lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, spurned by her bridegroom, and finally vindicated and reunited with him. Villainy, schemes, and deceits threaten to darken the brilliant humor and sparkling …
Taming of the Shrew
Av William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
82 kr
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A robust and bawdy battle of the sexes, this ever popular comedy captivates audiences with outrageous humor as Katharina, the shrew, engages in a contest of wills–and love–with her bridegroom, Petruchio. Their boisterous conflict is set off against a more conventional romantic plot involving the …
Twelfth Night
Av William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
72 kr
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Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy devises a romantic plot around separated twins, misplaced passions, and mistaken identity. Juxtaposed to it is the satirical story of a self-deluded steward who dreams of becoming “Count Malvolio” only to receive his comeuppance at the …
Hamlet
Av William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
83 kr
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One of the greatest plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the tormented young prince of Denmark continues to capture the imaginations of modern audiences worldwide. Confronted with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, and with his mother’s infidelity, Hamlet must find a means of …
Midsummer Night's Dream
Av William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
100 kr
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Magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood provide the materials for one of Shakespeare’s most delightful comedies. When four young lovers, fleeing the Athenian law and their own mismatched rivalries, take to the forest of Athens, their lives become entangled with a feud between the King and Queen …
King Lear
Av William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
100 kr
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A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. …
Macbeth
Av William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
85 kr
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No dramatist has ever seen with more frightening clarity into the heart and mind of a murderer than has Shakespeare in this compelling tragedy of evil. Taunted into asserting his “masculinity” by his ambitious wife, Macbeth chooses to embrace the Weird Sisters’ prophecy and kill his king–and thus, …
Othello
Av William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
100 kr
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Though this great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and emotion is played out against Renaissance splendor, its story of the doomed marriage of a Venetian senator’s daughter, Desdemona, to a Moorish general, Othello, is especially relevant to modern audiences. The differences in race and background …
The Politics of the Stuart Court Masque
Av David Bevington, Peter Holbrook
Häftad, 2006
897 kr
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This 1998 book takes an alternative look at the courtly masque in early seventeenth-century England. For a generation, the masque has been a favourite topic of New Historicism, because it has been seen as part of the process by which artistic works interact with politics, both shaping and …
The Theatrical City
Culture, Theatre and Politics in London, 1576-1649
Av David L. Smith, Richard Strier m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
586 kr
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This collection of essays adopts a novel, interdisciplinary approach to a diverse group of texts composed in London during the Renaissance. Eight literary scholars and eight historians from two continents have been paired to write companion essays on each text. This original method opens up rich …
The Politics of the Stuart Court Masque
Av David Bevington, Peter Holbrook
Inbunden, 1998
2153 kr
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This 1998 book takes an alternative look at the courtly masque in early seventeenth-century England. For a generation, the masque has been a favourite topic of New Historicism, because it has been seen as part of the process by which artistic works interact with politics, both shaping and …
Antony and Cleopatra
Av William Shakespeare, David Bevington
Häftad, 2005
223 kr
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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 …
