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Title:

Shakespeare : the essential guide to the plays : plots, characters, quotes, history / chief consultant, A.D. Cousins.

Publisher:

Firefly Books,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

256 p. : geneal. tables, ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Stories, plots, etc.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Guides, manuels, etc.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Résumés, programmes, etc.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Histoires, intrigues, etc.

Other Authors:

Cousins, A. D., 1950-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The world before Shakespeare -- Shakespeare the man -- Canonical works -- Shakespeare or not? -- Language of the soul -- Shakespeare's enduring appeal.
The histories. Henry VIII. Henry VI, part 2 -- Henry VI, part 3 -- Richard III -- Richard II -- King John -- Henry IV, part 1 -- Henry IV, part 2 -- Henry V -- Henry VIII.
The comedies. Measure for measure. The comedy of errors -- The taming of the shrew -- Love's labor's lost -- A midsummer night's dream -- The merchant of Venice -- The merry wives of Windsor -- As you like it -- Much ado about nothing -- Twelfth night -- All's well that ends well -- Measure for measure.
The tragedies. Coriolanus. Romeo and Juliet -- Julius Caesar -- Hamlet -- Troilus and Cressida -- Othello -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Timon of Athens -- Coriolanus.
The romances. The Two noble kinsmen. Cymbeline -- The winter's tale -- The tempest -- The Two noble kinsmen.

ISBN:

1554079284
9781554079285

OCLC:

(OCoLC)709668137

Locations:

JMPC081 -- Madrid Public Library (Madrid)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)