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43 produkter
Doctor Faustus
A Norton Critical Edition
Av Christopher Marlowe, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
234 kr
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This Norton Critical Edition includes:Newly edited texts of the 1604 (A-Text) and the 1616 (B-Text) versions of the play.Editorial matter by David Scott Kastan and Matthew Hunter.Sources and background materials related to Christopher Marlowe, the composition and publication of Doctor Faustus, …
Arden Shakespeare Third Series Complete Works
Av Ann Thompson, David Scott Kastan m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
379 kr
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This new Complete Works marks the completion of the Arden Shakespeare Third Series and includes all of Shakespeare’s plays, poems and sonnets, edited by leading international scholars. New to this edition are the 'apocryphal' plays, part-written by Shakespeare: Double Falsehood, Sir Thomas More and …
Paradise Lost
Av John Milton, David Scott Kastan
Häftad, 2005
267 kr
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Paradise Lost remains as challenging and relevant today as it was in the turbulent intellectual and political environment in which it was written. This edition aims to bring the poem as fully alive to a modern reader as it would have been to Milton's contemporaries. It provides a newly edited text …
Will to Believe
Shakespeare and Religion
E-bok, 2014
375 kr
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On 19 December 1601, John Croke, then Speaker of the House of Commons, addressed his colleagues: "If a question should be asked, What is the first and chief thing in a Commonwealth to be regarded? I should say, religion. If, What is the second? I should say, religion. If, What the third? I should …
The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
5 volumes: print and e-reference editions available
Inbunden, 2006
11673 kr
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From folk ballads to film scripts, this new five-volume encyclopedia, which is now also available as an e-reference text from Oxford's Digital Reference Shelf, covers the entire history of British literature from the seventh century to the present, focusing on the writers and the major texts of …
A Will to Believe
Shakespeare and Religion
Häftad, 2016
482 kr
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On 19 December 1601, John Croke, then Speaker of the House of Commons, addressed his colleagues: "If a question should be asked, What is the first and chief thing in a Commonwealth to be regarded? I should say, religion. If, What is the second? I should say, religion. If, What the third? I should …
A Will to Believe
Shakespeare and Religion
Inbunden, 2014
712 kr
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On 19 December 1601, John Croke, then Speaker of the House of Commons, addressed his colleagues: "If a question should be asked, What is the first and chief thing in a Commonwealth to be regarded? I should say, religion. If, What is the second? I should say, religion. If, What the third? I should …
A New History of Early English Drama
Av John Cox, David Scott Kastan
Häftad, 1997
544 kr
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For many years the study of pre-seventeenth-century English drama was shaped largely by an understanding that everything written revolved around the individual author, either as part of the tradition that prepared the way for Shakespeare or as part of his legacy. Now twenty-five original essays by …
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 …
Shakespeare After Theory
Inbunden, 1999
2893 kr
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The most familiar assertion of Shakespeare scholarship is that he is our contemporary. Shakespeare After Theory provocatively argues that he is not, but what value he has for us must at least begin with a recognition of his distance from us.
Shakespeare After Theory
Häftad, 1999
746 kr
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The most familiar assertion of Shakespeare scholarship is that he is our contemporary. Shakespeare After Theory provocatively argues that he is not, but what value he has for us must at least begin with a recognition of his distance from us.
Staging the Renaissance
Av David Scott Kastan, Peter Stallybrass
Häftad, 1991
847 kr
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The essays in Staging the Renaissance show the theatre to be the site of a rich confluence of cultural forces, the place where social meanings are both formed and transformed. The volume unites some of the most challenging issues in contemporary Renaissance studies and some of our best-known …
Shakespeare and the Book
Inbunden, 2001
1797 kr
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Shakespeare and the Book is a lively and learned account of Shakespeare's plays as they were transformed from scripts to be performed into books to be read, and eventually from popular entertainments into the centerpieces of the English literary canon. Kastan examines the motives and activities of …
Shakespeare and the Book
Häftad, 2001
842 kr
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Shakespeare and the Book is a lively and learned account of Shakespeare's plays as they were transformed from scripts to be performed into books to be read, and eventually from popular entertainments into the centerpieces of the English literary canon. Kastan examines the motives and activities of …
Four Tragedies
Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
Av William Shakespeare, David Bevington m. fl.
Häftad, 1988
136 kr
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Companion to Shakespeare
Häftad, 1999
668 kr
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A Companion to Shakespeare is an indispensable book for students and teachers of Shakespeare, indeed for anyone with an interest in his plays. Contains 28 newly commissioned essays written by the most distinguished historians and literary scholarsSituates Shakespeare in the historical and cultural …
