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  • Some Facets of King Lear

    Essays in Prismatic Criticism

    Edited by Rosalie Colie, F.T. Flahiff ...
    Series series Heritage
    The image of the prism, with its multiple refractions, offers some sense of the inexhaustible variety of a work of art. Like a prism, King Lear is attractive; like a prism, it is a multiply shaped thing; like a prism, it is an object of admiration, as well as an instrument of analysis.The essays in this book – forming neither a casebook nor a 'perplex' – were written because their authors wanted ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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  • The Tempest

    by William Shakespeare ...
    This Shakespeare play has often been regarded as his farewell before retirement. It is certainly the most profound, fascinating and lyrical of his late comedies.Prospero, who has long been exiled from Italy with his daughter Miranda, tries to use his magical powers and defeat his enemies. Eventually he divests himself of the magic and prepares to return to Italy. ... Read more

    $2.34 CAD

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  • Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

    How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

    by Stephen Greenblatt ...
    "So engrossing, clearheaded, and lucid that its arrival is not just welcome but cause for celebration." —Dan Cryer, NewsdayStephen Greenblatt, the charismatic Harvard professor who "knows more about Shakespeare than Ben Jonson or the Dark Lady did" (John Leonard, Harper's), has written a biography that enables us to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented boy, surrounded by the ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (WordWise Classics)

    by William Shakespeare ...
    The present ebook comprises the complete writings of William Shakespeare. It comes with 150 original illustrations which are the engravings John Boydell commissioned for his Boydell Shakespeare Gallery.------------Contents:COMEDIES:The Comedy of ErrorsThe Taming of the ShrewThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaLove’s Labor’s LostA Midsummer Night’s DreamThe Merchant of VeniceThe Merry Wives of WindsorMuch ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • William Shakespeare

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Prof Stanley Wells ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    In this new offering from Stanley Wells, the pre-eminent Shakespearian scholar, comes a Very Short Introduction to the life and writings of the world's greatest and best-known dramatists: William Shakespeare. Looking at his early life and education, Wells explores Shakespeare's social and intellectual background and the literary traditions on which Shakespeare drew. Examining the theatres and ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Shakespeare, Sex, and Love

    by Stanley Wells ...
    How does Shakespeare's treatment of human sexuality relate to the sexual conventions and language of his times? Pre-eminent Shakespearean critic Stanley Wells draws on historical and anecdotal sources to present an illuminating account of sexual behaviour in Shakespeare's time, particularly in Stratford-upon-Avon and London. He demonstrates what we know or can deduce of the sex lives of ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Book Analysis)

    Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

    by Bright Summaries ...
    Series series BrightSummaries.com
    Unlock the more straightforward side of Macbeth with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a world famous tragedy and a gripping story of murder and fate, in which a man’s thirst for power leads to his downfall. Shakespeare is widely considered the greatest writer in the English language and his timeless ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Introducing Shakespeare

    A Graphic Guide

    by Nick Groom ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    Shakespeare's absolute pre-eminence is simply unparalleled. His plays pack theatres and provide Hollywood with block-buster scripts; his works inspire mountains of scholarship and criticism every year. He has given us many of the very words we speak, and even some of the thoughts we think.Nick Groom and Piero explore how Shakespeare became so famous and influential, and why he is still widely ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shakespeare's Festive Comedy

    A Study of Dramatic Form and Its Relation to Social Custom

    by C. L. Barber ...
    "A book ahead of its time. . . . revolutionized the ways that Shakespeareans thought of comedy in relation to its social setting—especially festive comedy." —James Shapiro, Columbia UniversityIn this classic work, acclaimed Shakespeare critic C. L. Barber argues that Elizabethan seasonal festivals such as May Day and Twelfth Night are the key to understanding Shakespeare's comedies. Brilliantly ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hamlet: A Critical Reader

    Edited by Ann Thompson, Professor Neil Taylor ...
    Series series Arden Early Modern Drama Guides
    Hamlet remains the most-studied of all Shakespeare's great tragedies. This collection of newly-commissioned essays gives readers an overview of past critical views of the play as well as new writing about the play from today's leading scholars. The range of perspectives offered makes the book an invaluable companion to anyone studying the play at an advanced level. The final chapter on learning ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare

    Edited by Arthur F. Kinney ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Situated within the Oxford Handbooks to Literature series, the group of Oxford Handbooks to Shakespeare are designed to record past and present investigations and renewed and revised judgments by both familiar and younger Shakespearean specialists. Each of these volumes is edited by one or more internationally distinguished Shakespeareans; together, they comprehensively survey the entire field. An ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Shakespeare and Early Modern Religion

    Edited by David Loewenstein, Michael Witmore ...
    Written by an international team of literary scholars and historians, this collaborative volume illuminates the diversity of early modern religious beliefs and practices in Shakespeare's England, and considers how religious culture is imaginatively reanimated in Shakespeare's plays. Fourteen new essays explore the creative ways Shakespeare engaged with the multifaceted dimensions of Protestantism, ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD