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The Adventures of Johnny Vermillionby Loren D. EstlemanISBN 0765309149 (0-7653-0914-9)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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After Derridaby Nicholas RoyleISBN 0719043794 (0-7190-4379-4)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Animal Poemsby Ladybird BooksISBN 0721408168 (0-7214-0816-8)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd
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Beginning Shakespeareby Lisa HopkinsISBN 0719064236 (0-7190-6423-6)
Softcover, Manchester Univ Pr
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The Birth of Shylock and the Death of Zero Mostel: Diary of a Play 1973 to 1980by Arnold WeskerISBN 0704380633 (0-7043-8063-3)
Hardcover, Quartet Books
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Book Known As Qby Robert GirouxISBN 0689112602 (0-689-11260-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Bravo, Mr. William Shakespeare!by Marcia WilliamsISBN 076361209X (0-7636-1209-X)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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Christmas in Shakespeare's Englandby William Shakespeare, Maria Hubert, Maria Hubert Von StauferISBN 0750917199 (0-7509-1719-9)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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Cliffscomplete Hamletby Sidney Lamb, Terri MategranoISBN 0764585681 (0-7645-8568-1)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete Hamlet'Book summary:In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.[via]CliffsComplete Hamlet covers details of the most widely produced and critiqued Shakespearean play. Written in poignant language, Hamlet contains all the elements necessary for a good tragedy, including a brave and daring hero who suffers a fatal flaw.
Discover what happens to the complicated cast of characters and save valuable studying time all at once. Enhance your reading of Hamlet with these additional features:
- A summary and insightful commentary for each chapter
- Bibliography and historical background on the author, William Shakespeare
- A look at Early Modern England historical, intellectual, religious, and social context
- Insight into the play's classical elements and language
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
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Cliffscomplete King Learby Sidney Lamb, Stacy MulderISBN 0764585711 (0-7645-8571-1)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete King Lear'Book summary:In the CliffsComplete guides, the play's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.[via]In this tragic play, Lear, a ruler in pre-Christian Britain, is described as a "very foolish old man." Grossly misjudging his daughters, he endures a harrowing experience and emerges as a man "more sinned against than sinning." This most tragic of Shakespearean plays speaks to us repeatedly about fate and chance, destiny and the gods. But we also are reminded that humanity has free will and King Lear's choices lead to madness.
Enhance your reading of King Lear and save valuable studying time all at once with CliffsComplete King Lear. Studying is easier with features that include
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- A look at the historical context and structure of the play
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Cliffscomplete Othelloby Sidney Lamb, Kate MauerISBN 0764585738 (0-7645-8573-8)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Cliffscomplete the Tempestby Matthew C. HansenISBN 0764585762 (0-7645-8576-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Cliffsnotes on Shakespeare's SonnetsISBN 0764586173 (0-7645-8617-3)
Softcover, Cliff Notes
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Cliffsnotes Shakespeare's King Learby Sheri MetzgerISBN 0764585827 (0-7645-8582-7)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Documents of the Rose Playhouseby Carol Chillington RutterISBN 0719058015 (0-7190-5801-5)
Softcover, Manchester Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Documents of the Rose Playhouse'Book summary:Philip Henslowe's Rose was Elizabethan London's first south bank playhouse. Its tenants were a succession of companies of high prestige: Lord Strange's Men, the Queen's Men, the Admiral's Men. Its repertoire was stocked with plays that audiences clamored for--Henry VI, Sir John Oldcastle --and classics that they paid to see again and again--The Spanish Tragedy, The Jew of Malta, Doctor Faustus. For a decade, the Rose dominated the bankside until, in 1599, a rival appeared--the Globe. By 1606 the Rose was in ruins. This book uses first-hand sources to compile a biography, a 'documentary life' of Henslowe's accounts, players letters, Privy Council warrants, Court of Aldermen appeals, plots, parts, inventories, commissions, bonds, playing schedules and contracts. Arranged chronologically and linked by explanatory headnotes, the documents narrate the story of the Rose.[via]More editions of Documents of the Rose Playhouse:
The Double Life of Doctor Lopez: Spies, Shakespeare and the Plot to Poison Elizabeth Iby Dominic GreenISBN 0712615393 (0-7126-1539-3)
Hardcover, Century
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Dr Simon Forman: A Most Notorious Physicianby Judith CookISBN 0701168994 (0-7011-6899-4)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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The Elizabeth Underworldby Gamini SalgadoISBN 0750943149 (0-7509-4314-9)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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Erotic World of Faeryby Maureen DuffyISBN 074740545X (0-7474-0545-X)
Hardcover, Cardinal
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The Fated Sky: Astrology in Historyby Benson BobrickISBN 0743268954 (0-7432-6895-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Francis Bacon's Personal Life-Story: The Age of Elizabeth, Vol I-The Age of James, Vol Ii/2 Volumes in 1by Alfred DoddISBN 0712612602 (0-7126-1260-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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From Shakespeare to Existentialism: An Original Study Essays on Shakespeare and Goethe, Hegel and Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Rilke, and Freud, Jasperby Walter Arnold KaufmannISBN 0691013675 (0-691-01367-5)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Hamletby Anthony B. DawsonISBN 0719039339 (0-7190-3933-9)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Hamlet's Absent Fatherby Avi ErlichISBN 0691063400 (0-691-06340-0)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Handfasting and Wedding Ritual: Inviting Hera's Blessingby Raven Kaldera, Tannin SchwartzsteinISBN 0738704709 (0-7387-0470-9)
Softcover, Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd
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The History Playsby William ShakespeareISBN 0712620877 (0-7126-2087-7)
Hardcover, Barrie & Jenkins
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The Intelligencerby Leslie SilbertISBN 0743432932 (0-7434-3293-2)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Intelligencer'Book summary:London, 1593: It is three weeks before the murder of Christopher Marlowe, playwright and spy in Queen Elizabeth I's secret service -- a crime that remains unsolved to this day. Marlowe is hoping to find his missing muse as he sets off on a new intelligence assignment...and closes in on the secret that will seal his fate.
New York City, present day: Renaissance scholar turned private eye Kate Morgan investigates a shocking heist and murder involving a mysterious, antique manuscript recently unearthed in central London. What secret lurks in those yellowed, ciphered pages...and how, centuries later, could it drive someone to kill?
Propelling us from the shadows of the sixteenth-century underworld to the chambers of a clandestine U.S. intelligence unit, from the glitter of the Elizabethan court to the catacombs of ancient Rome, The Intelligencer's dual narratives twist, turn, and collide as they race toward a stunning finale. [via]
Introduction to English Renaissance Comedyby Alexander LeggattISBN 0719049652 (0-7190-4965-2)
Softcover, Manchester University Press
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Introductions to Shakespeare: Being the Introductions to the Individual Plays in the Folio Society Edition 1950-76by Folio Society (London, England)ISBN 0718116739 (0-7181-1673-9)
Hardcover, Folio Society
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J W Waterhouseby Anthony HobsonISBN 0714828645 (0-7148-2864-5)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'J W Waterhouse'Book summary:- An accessible introduction to the works of John William Waterhouse (1849-1917)
- The author, himself a painter, presents an artist's appreciation of Waterhouse as a master of Romantic classicism
- Includes his paintings of Ophelia, the Lady of Shalott and Pandora - some of the most archetypal Victorian images [via]
The King's Two Bodiesby Ernst KantorwitzISBN 0691020183 (0-691-02018-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theologyby Ernst H. KantorowiczISBN 0691017042 (0-691-01704-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Literature Made Easy Romeo and Julietby Tony Buzan, Lisa FabryISBN 0764108328 (0-7641-0832-8)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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The Living Principle: 'English' As a Discipline of Thoughtby F.R. LeavisISBN 070112086X (0-7011-2086-X)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Living Principle: 'English' As a Discipline of Thought'Book summary:The Living Principle is among the most philosophical of F.R. Leavis's books, a defense of the study of literature as an autonomous discipline involving intellectual rigor of the highest sort. Constant references to the Cambridge University of Leavis's time may make the book seem parochial and dated, but the central premises are still relevant. What has changed? Only that, if Leavis were alive today, he would be defending literature against English departments' trendy intellectual fashions rather than the sneers of philosophers.
Fully a third of The Living Principle is devoted to Leavis's brilliant and irascible engagement with T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets. Other gems include his analysis of exactly why John Dryden's description of Cleopatra in All for Love is so pedestrian next to Shakespeare's in Anthony and Cleopatra. It's a treat to read someone who can talk intelligently about Blake or Dickens in one paragraph, and about Russell or Wittgenstein in the next--without being awed by any of them. --Richard Farr [via]
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London in the Age of Shakespeare: An Anthologyby Lawrence ManleyISBN 0709935609 (0-7099-3560-9)
Hardcover, Croom Helm
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Love's Fire: Seven New Plays Inspired by Seven Shakespearean Sonnetsby William Shakespeare, Ntozake Shange, Eric Bogosian, Tony Kushner, Wendy Wasserstein, John Guare, Marsha Norman, William Finn, Mark LamosISBN 0688161723 (0-688-16172-3)
Softcover, Quill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Love's Fire: Seven New Plays Inspired by Seven Shakespearean Sonnets'Book summary:The greatest love poetry in the English language provides the springboard for master playwrights' never-before-published works about the triumphs and tragedies of the heart.
The sonnets and plays in Loves' Fire are the seeds and fruit of an extraordinary project: seven sonnets by Shakespeare, newly envisioned for the stage, in one-act plays by seven brilliantly gifted contemporary playwrights.
Shakespeare's sonnets of romantic and sexual love are timeless, for they are not bound to any particular setting or to either sex. These seven plays, each paired with the sonnet that inspired it, are startling not only in the variety of their mood, content, and setting, but also in their unusual interpretation. For example, Wendy Wasserstein's version of Sonnet 94 is a one-act play set in the Hamptons, where a well-to-do couple is getting ready for a society benefit; Eric Bogosian creates a story of sexual jealousy and obsessiveness from Sonnet 118; and composer William Finn has transformed Sonnet 102 into a song about an artist attempting to paint his lover -- and failing.These seven new works, commissioned and produced by the Acting Company, will be performed in June. Brought together in this slender volume with the sonnets, they form a unique tribute to Shakespeare -- a rich and marvelously entertaining celebration of the modern playwrights' adoration of the Bard. [via]
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Macbeth: Man and Mythby Nick Aitchison, Tony RobinsonISBN 0750926406 (0-7509-2640-6)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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Making a Match: Courtship in Shakespeare and His Societyby Ann Jennalie CookISBN 0691068429 (0-691-06842-9)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Marowitz Shakespeare: Adaptions and Collages of Hamlet, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, and The Merchant of Veniceby William Shakespeare, Charles MarowitzISBN 0714526509 (0-7145-2650-9)
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The Merchant of Vengeanceby Simon HawkeISBN 0765304260 (0-7653-0426-0)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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The Metamorphoses of Shakespearean Comedyby William CarrollISBN 0691066337 (0-691-06633-7)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Midsummer Night's Dreamby Dinah JurksaitisISBN 074878604X (0-7487-8604-X)
Softcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby Helen HackettISBN 0746307543 (0-7463-0754-3)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Mississippi
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Modern Shakespeare Offshootsby Ruby CohnISBN 0691100349 (0-691-10034-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Much Ado about Murderby Simon HawkeISBN 0765308363 (0-7653-0836-3)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History 1897by Thomas CarlyleISBN 0766130762 (0-7661-3076-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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On King Learby Lawrence DansonISBN 0691102139 (0-691-10213-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Radical Tragedy: Religion, Ideology and Power in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporariesby Jonathan DollimoreISBN 0745006221 (0-7450-0622-1)
Softcover, Harvester Wheatsheaf
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Richard III and the Princes in the Towerby A.J. PollardISBN 0750903546 (0-7509-0354-6)
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Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 0774032286 (0-7740-3228-6)
Softcover, Coles Pub Group Ltd
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Romeo and Juliet before Shakespeareby Matteo Bandello, Nicole Prunster, Pierre Boaistuau, Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.), Luigi Da PortoISBN 0772720150 (0-7727-2015-0)
Hardcover, Centre for Reformation & Renaissance Studies
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A Room of One's Own and Three Guineasby Virginia WoolfISBN 0701128291 (0-7011-2829-1)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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The Royal Shakespeare Company: The Peter Hall Yearsby David AddenbrookeISBN 071830103X (0-7183-0103-X)
Hardcover, Kimber
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Shakespeareby Peter Chrisp, Steve TeagueISBN 075660723X (0-7566-0723-X)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Shakespeare and Operaby Gary SchmidgallISBN 0735103453 (0-7351-0345-3)
Hardcover, Xlibris Corp
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Shakespeare and Public Executionby Charles MitchellISBN 0773465537 (0-7734-6553-7)
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Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Ageby Andrew LangleyISBN 0762407476 (0-7624-0747-6)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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Shakespeare and the Playersby Cyril Walter HodgesISBN 0713516100 (0-7135-1610-0)
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Shakespeare Conspiracyby Graham Phillips, Martin KeatmanISBN 0712658831 (0-7126-5883-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare Conspiracy'Book summary:1st edition 1st printing hardcover, fine book ( a little page browning) in fine dw, [via]
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Shakespeare Countryby Susan HillISBN 0718127382 (0-7181-2738-2)
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Shakespeare: Fandex Family Field Guidesby Thomas J. Craughwell, Dan MyersonISBN 0761129634 (0-7611-2963-4)
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Shakespeare for Young People: Julius Caesarby DavidsonISBN 0767508297 (0-7675-0829-7)
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Shakespeare: His Music and Songby A. H. Moncur-SimeISBN 072226321X (0-7222-6321-X)
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Shakespeare on Management: Leadership Lessons for Today's Managementby Paul CorriganISBN 0749428457 (0-7494-2845-7)
Hardcover, Kogan Page, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare on Management: Leadership Lessons for Today's Management'Book summary:As a manager, you may secretly long for the odd head to roll, for the plans of potential usurpers to be spectacularly foiled, for your role as fearsome leader to be acknowledged and lauded by all. Melodramatic fantasies aside, however, the more conventional leader in you may also believe that the job of managing is for the eight-to-six daily grind and that Shakespearean drama is better left for the occasional evening at the theater. This, as Paul Corrigan tells us, is sorely underestimating the potential influence of the great Bard.
In Shakespeare on Management, Corrigan presents a number of Shakespeare's plays as lessons on leadership. Obviously, company leaders at the start of the 21st century deal with vastly different issues from those faced by the monarchs and warriors of the late 1600s and earlier. Corrigan begins his book, however, by emphasizing that while today's rapid pace of change creates an unpredictable environment for managers, a company in transition cannot achieve lasting success unless led by someone with exceptional leadership skills. The plays he examines are about the politics of leadership, and the intricacies involved in an individual's pursuit and execution of power and authority. Characters rise to great heights on the strength of their ambitions, but fall from grace on their lack of true leadership ability. Most of Shakespeare's plays deal with failure, but provide useful insights for managers intent on avoiding it. While Richard II points out the pitfalls of believing one's power stems solely from a title or position, King Lear demonstrates the disastrous results of not recognizing one's changing responsibilities. Richard III and Macbeth both portray the destructive capacity of ambition that is unchecked by a leader's morals or relationships. On a positive note, Henry V, Shakespeare's most heroic character, inspires leaders to develop the potential of their followers, to understand their individual skills and limitations fully, and to reward innovation.
Though managers with a passion for literature will enjoy this book, they don't have to love Shakespeare to learn the lessons. Corrigan draws clear, useful parallels between the plays' characters and the types of leaders that exist today. He doesn't attempt to eliminate the ambiguities often found in Shakespeare's complex characters, but instead offers up their strengths and weaknesses as descriptive signposts for the modern leader. --S. Ketchum [via]
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Shakespeare Quotationsby G. F. LambISBN 0752350048 (0-7523-5004-8)
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Shakespeare: The Lost Yearsby E. A. J. HonigmannISBN 0719054257 (0-7190-5425-7)
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Shakespeare's Gardenby Nancy Shumaker PallanISBN 0768321506 (0-7683-2150-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare's Garden'Book summary:This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1903. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX A TABLE OF QUOTATIONS FROM THE PLAYS AND POEMS THE TEMPEST Gore. I'll warrant him for drowning; though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell. I. i. 48. Gore. Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground, long heath, brown furze, any thing. The wills above be done! but I would fain die a dry death. I. i. 70. That now he was The ivy which had hid my princely trunk, And suck'd my verdure out on't. I. ii. 85. She did confine thee, By help of her more potent ministers And in her most unmitigable rage, Into a cloven pine. ***** With hair up-staring,--then like reeds not hair. I. i. 213. Sea-water shalt thou drink; thy food shall be The fresh-brook muscles, wither'd roots, and husks Wherein the acorn cradled. Follow. I. ii. 462. When I arrived and heard thee, that made gape The pine, and let thee out. Pro. If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak And peg thee in his knotty entrails till Thou hast howl'd away twelve winters. I. ii. 294. Gon. How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green! Ant. The ground indeed is tawny. Seb. With an eye of green in't. II. i. 52. Seb. I think he will carry this island home in his pocket, and give it his son for an apple. Ant. And, sowing the kernels of it in the sea, bring forth more islands. II. i. 90. Gon. Had I plantation of this isle, my lord-- Ant. He'ld sow't with nettle-seed. Seb. Or docks, or mallows. Gon. And were the king on't, what would I do? Seb. 'Scape being drunk, for want of wine. Gon. I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things; for no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wi... [via]
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Shakespeare's Life and Times: A Pictorial Recordby Roland Mushat FryeISBN 0691013187 (0-691-01318-7)
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Shakespeare's London: A Guide to Shakespeare's Londonby Julie FerrisISBN 0753452340 (0-7534-5234-0)
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Shakespeare's Mystery Play: The Opening of the Globe Theatre 1599by Steve SohmerISBN 071905544X (0-7190-5544-X)
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Shakespeare's Religious Allusiveness: Its Play and Toleranceby Maurice HuntISBN 0754639541 (0-7546-3954-1)
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Shakespeare's Romeo & Julietby Michael Rosen, Jane RayISBN 0763622583 (0-7636-2258-3)
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Shakespeare's Soliloquiesby MILWARDISBN 0773497447 (0-7734-9744-7)
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Shakespeare's Sonnets And Poemsby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0743273281 (0-7432-7328-1)
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Shakespeare's Theatreby Peter ThomsonISBN 0710094809 (0-7100-9480-9)
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Shakespeare's Tragedies of Love: An Examination of the Possibility of Common Readings of 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Othello', 'King Lear' & 'Anthony and Cleopatra'by Harold Andrew MasonISBN 0701116099 (0-7011-1609-9)
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Shakespeare, His World and His Workby Max Meredith ReeseISBN 0713162554 (0-7131-6255-4)
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Six Wives of Henry the VIIIby Antonia FraserISBN 074517700X (0-7451-7700-X)
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The Spanish Tragedyby Thomas Kyd, David M. BevingtonISBN 0719043441 (0-7190-4344-1)
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Stations of the Tideby Michael SwanwickISBN 0688104517 (0-688-10451-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stations of the Tide'Book summary:[via]From author Michael Swanwickone of the most brilliantly assured and darkly inventive writers of contemporary fictioncomes a masterwork of radically altered realities and world-shattering seductions.
The Jubilee Tides will drown the continents of the planet Miranda beneath the weight of her own oceans. But as the once-in-two-centuries cataclysm approaches, an even greater catastrophe threatens this dark and dangerous planet of tale-spinners, conjurers, and shapechangers.
A man from the Bureau of Proscribed Technologies has been sent to investigate. For Gregorian has come, a genius renegade scientist and charismatic bush wizard. With magic and forbidden technology, he plans to remake the rotting, dying world in his own evil imageand to force whom or whatever remains on its diminishing surface toward a terrifying and astonishing confrontation with death and transcendence.
This novel of surreal hard SF was compared to the fiction of Gene Wolfe when it was first published, and the author has gone on in the two decades since to become recognized as one of the finest living SF and fantasy writers.More editions of Stations of the Tide:
Stratford: The First Thirty Yearsby John Pettigrew, Jamie PortmanISBN 0771598092 (0-7715-9809-2)
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Studying Shakespeare: An Introductionby Andrew GurrISBN 0713165391 (0-7131-6539-1)
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The Third Witchby Rebecca ReisertISBN 0743417720 (0-7434-1772-0)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Third Witch'Book summary:Rebecca Reisert's mesmerizing first novel re-imagines "Macbeth, Shakespeare's classic tragedy of power and madness, through the eyes of a mysterious young woman on a dangerous quest for vengeance.
For the girl called Gilly, life in the wilds of Birnam Wood is little more than a desperate struggle for survival. Seven long years have passed since she was first taken in and sheltered by Nettle and Mad Helga, the hut-dwelling wise-women whose inscrutable powers of alchemy and prophecy are feared and reviled throughout good King Duncan's kingdom. Living under the threat of deadly persecution by witch-hunting villagers, the threesome ekes out a life by peddling potions and elixirs, scavenging for food, and robbing the bloodied corpses of Scotland's battle-scarred hills for precious metals and weapons.
But Gilly is haunted by recollections of a much brighter life. She clings to fading memories of a time when she was contented and adored -- until tragedy swept all that happiness away and young Gilly's life was changed forever.
"I have made my life an arrow, and His heart is my home. I have made my heart a blade, and His heart is my sheath....Obsessed with avenging her loss and putting out the fire that still rages in her heart, Gilly has dedicated herself to destroying Macbeth, the boundlessly ambitious man who took away her childhood, and his goading wife. Disguising herself as a poor servant boy, she insinuates herself into their lives and, as she bears horrified witness to Macbeth's violent path to power, Gilly subtly begins to take a hand in the forces governing his fate. But as the culmination of her revenge draws near, Gilly finds her own life at risk when she confrontsthe troubling legacy of a long-concealed heritage.
"The Third Witch is a brilliantly imagined, wonderfully satisfying novel. In a riveting story of ruthlessness and revenge, debut author Rebecca Reisert demonstrates a profound understanding of the Bard's timeless drama -- and of the real-life Macbeth upon whom Shakespeare's incarnation is modeled. [via]
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A Time of Giftsby Patrick Leigh FermorISBN 0719533481 (0-7195-3348-1)
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William Shakespeareby Ladybird BooksISBN 0721406203 (0-7214-0620-3)
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William Shakespeare's Macbethby Philip Page, Marilyn PetitISBN 0764131400 (0-7641-3140-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'William Shakespeare's Macbeth'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's greatest, but also bloodiest tragedies, was written around 1605/06. Many have seen the story of Macbeth's murder and usurpation of the legitimate Scottish King Duncan as having obvious connection to contemporary issues regarding King James I (James VI of Scotland), and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. King James was particularly fascinated with witchcraft, so the appearance of the witches chanting "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" at the opening of the play seemed particularly topical, as was Macbeth's betrayal of Banquo, from whom James claimed direct descent.
However, the play is clearly far more than a piece of royal entertainment. It is also a fast-moving and dramatically satisfying piece of theatre. Macbeth's existential struggle between loyalty to his King and his "Vaulting ambition" is fascinating to watch, as his is struggle with Lady Macbeth, and her own terrifying refusal of her maternal role. The play shows an intensification of Shakespeare's interest in mothers and their effect upon ruling masculinity, and also contains some of the most memorable speeches in the entire canon, including Macbeth's reflections that ultimately life "is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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William Shakespeare, the Wars of the Roses and the Historiansby Keith DockrayISBN 0752423207 (0-7524-2320-7)
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William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night's Dreamby Marilyn Petit, Philip PageISBN 0764131427 (0-7641-3142-7)
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