Download or read book Shakespeare s Consuls Cardinals and Kings written by Dick Riley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Shakespeare brings history to life. His plays take us from the Forum in Rome to the palaces of London and the battlefields of France. He dramatizes the personal and political conflicts that cost Julius Caesar his life, Marc Antony and Cleopatra an empire, and a succession of English kings their thrones. Dick Riley, co-author of Continuum's The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Shakespeare ("an engaging blend of homage and irreverence ..." Publishers Weekly) has now created a popular volume specifically designed to help illuminate the Bard's "history" plays. Shakespeare's Consuls, Cardinals and Kings sets the historical context for the events portrayed in Shakespeare's major histories. It reviews the sources he used and analyzes how he reshaped that material -- often telescoping events and combining characters -- to create his dramas. It also offers the insights of later historians about the lives and careers of Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, and the English monarchs King John, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Richard III and Henry VIII. Designed to give both students and casual readers a deeper understanding and a more enjoyable experience of the "history" plays, each chapter of Shakespeare's Consuls, Cardinals and Kings focuses on the period and lives portrayed in one of these dramas, and also provides a brief guide to available film and video versions. While focusing on the most important of Shakespeare's sources -- the Greco-Roman historian Plutarch and the English histories of Raphael Holinshed -- Shakespeare's Consuls, Cardinals and Kings also discusses other writers who helped inform Shakespeare's work, from Suetonius, author of The Twelve Caesars, to John Foxe, whose The Book of Martyrs memorialized the struggles of English religious reformers.
Download or read book The History Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare written by Britannica Educational Publishing and published by Britannica Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Shakespeare, few dramatists had used historical figures as characters in a play, or actual historical events as elements of a plot. Likewise, the Bard was a pioneer of the sonnet, which he took to new heights. Both literary form, including his two historical tetralogies, and his narrative poems, in addition to the particular form of sonnet that now bears his name are examined through engaging text. A brief treatise on the music within and accompanying productions of Shakespeares plays rounds out the coverage.
Download or read book Shakespeare and Domestic Life written by Sandra Clark and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary explores the language of domestic life found in Shakespeare's work and seeks to demonstrate the meanings he attaches to it through his uses of it in particular contexts. "Domestic life" covers a range of topics: the language of the household, clothing, food, family relationships and duties; household practices, the architecture of the home, and all that conditions and governs the life of the home. The dictionary draws on recent cultural materialist research to provide in-depth definitions of the domestic language and life in Shakespeare's works, creating a richly rewarding and informative reference tool for upper level students and scholars.
Download or read book Shakespeare s Consuls Cardinals and Kings written by Dick Riley and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title sets the historical context for the events portrayed in Shakespeare's major histories. It reviews the sources he used and analyses how he reshaped that material - often telescoping events and combining characters - to create his dramas. It also offers the insights of later historians about the lives and careers of Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, and the monarchs King John, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Richard III and Henry VIII. Each chapter focuses on the period and lives portrayed in one of these dramas, and also provides a brief guide to available film and video versions.
Download or read book Shakespeare Studies written by John Leeds Barroll and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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