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LEADER: 02219nam a22002897a 4500
001 2011534590
003 DLC
005 20120409102616.0
008 120206s2011 nyua b 001 0deng d
010 $a 2011534590
020 $a9781554079285 (pbk.)
020 $a1554079284 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn758701596
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042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aPR2987$b.S4887 2011
082 04 $a822.3/3$222
245 00 $aShakespeare :$bthe essential guide to the plays : plots, characters, quotes, history /$cchief consultant, A.D. Cousins.
260 $aBuffalo, N.Y. :$bFirefly Books,$c2011.
300 $a256 p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 242-247) and index.
520 $aContains an introductory section that examines Shakespeare's life and reveals why his works are so universally appealing. Subsequent parts examine each of his 38 plays, explaining their themes, contexts, and literary and cultural significance.
505 0 $aThe world before Shakespeare -- Shakespeare the man -- Canonical works -- Shakespeare or not? -- Language of the soul -- Shakespeare's enduring appeal -- The histories -- Henry VI, part 1 -- 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 -- The two gentlemen of Verona -- The comedy of errors -- The taming 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 -- Titus Andronicus -- Romeo and Juliet -- Julius Caesar -- Hamlet -- Troilus and Cressida -- Othello -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Timon of Athens Coriolanus -- The romances -- Pericles -- Cymbeline -- The winter's tale -- The tempest -- The two noble kinsmen -- Timeline.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$vOutlines, syllabi, etc.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$vStories, plots, etc.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$xCharacters.
700 1 $aCousins, A. D.,$d1950-