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Item Details
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SHAKESPEARE FOR GROWN-UPS
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BARD |
| By: |
Elizabeth Foley, Beth Coates |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1448182905 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781448182909 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
18 September, 2014 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Translated from: |
English |
| Description: |
For parents keen to help with their children's homework, casual theatre-goers who want to enhance their enjoyment and understanding of the most-performed plays and the general reader who feels they should probably know more about Britain's most splendid scribe, this book covers the historical context of his writing. |
| Synopsis: |
Need to swot up on your Shakespeare? If you've always felt a bit embarrassed at your precarious grasp on the plot of Othello, or you haven't a clue what a petard - as in `hoist with his own petard' - actually is, then fear not, because this, at last, is the perfect guide to bring you up to speed.From the authors of the number-one bestselling Homework for Grown-ups, Shakespeare for Grown-ups is the essential book for anyone keen to deepen their knowledge of the Bard's key plays and sonnets. For parents keen to help with their children's homework, casual theatre-goers who want to enhance their enjoyment and understanding of the most-performed plays and the general reader who feels they should probably know more about Britain's most splendid scribe, Shakespeare for Grown-ups covers the historical context of his writing; his personal life, contemporaries and influences; his language and poetic skill; the key themes of his oeuvre; his less familiar works and characters; modern-day adaptations and productions; theories about the authorship of his plays; his most famous speeches and quotations; phrases and words that have entered general usage, and much more. With lively in-depth chapters on all the key works including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Antony and Cleopatra, Richard II, Henry V, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice and Macbeth, Shakespeare for Grown-ups is the only guide to the Scribe you'll ever need. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Vintage Digital |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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