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Essential Shakespeare handbook / Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 2004.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 480 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0789493330
  • 9780789493330
Other title:
  • DK essential Shakespeare handbook [Cover title]
Subject(s): Summary: For each of Shakespeare's plays, provides an introduction, list of characters, plot summary, notes on reading the play, and notes on seeing the play. Also includes an introduction to Shakespeare and his time; a genre overview for each of the four types of play--history, comedy, tragedy, and romance; and overviews of selected non-dramatic poems.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 822.33 D927 Available 33111005156803
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Offering a user-friendly, beautifully illustrated guide to every play in the Shakespeare canon, as well as a portrait of the Bard's life and the world of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater, the Essential Shakespeare Handbook is an innovative and entertaining book which unravels the complexities of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Written in a clear and engaging style, this book will enrich the experience of the Bard's work on the page, stage, and screen.

Includes index.

For each of Shakespeare's plays, provides an introduction, list of characters, plot summary, notes on reading the play, and notes on seeing the play. Also includes an introduction to Shakespeare and his time; a genre overview for each of the four types of play--history, comedy, tragedy, and romance; and overviews of selected non-dramatic poems.

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