Essential Shakespeare handbook / Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 2004.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 480 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cmISBN:- 0789493330
- 9780789493330
- DK essential Shakespeare handbook [Cover title]
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 822.33 D927 | Available | 33111005156803 |
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.