Download or read book William Shakespeare Complete Plays written by William Shakespeare and published by Barnes & Noble Incorporated. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete plays of Shakespeare are often considered among the greatest works in all of English literature. Replete with great characters, from the portly and funny Falstaff to the hesitative and obsessive Hamlet, the plays present us with the entire gamut of human personality. They give us an unparalleled look at love and humour, death and tragedy, history and magic. These plays represent the peak of genius and art from the English language's greatest writer.
Download or read book 50 American Plays Poems written by Michael Dickman and published by Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Their verse . . . is strikingly different. Michael's poems are interior, fragmentary, and austere, often stripped down to single-word lines; they seethe with incipient violence. Matthew's are effusive, ecstatic, and all-embracing, spilling over with pop-cultural references and exuberant carnality." —The New Yorker Identical twins Michael and Matthew Dickman once invented their own language. Now they have invented an exhilarating book of poem-plays about the fifty states. Pointed, comic, and surreal, these one-page vignettes feature unusual staging and an eclectic cast of characters—landforms, lobsters, and historical figures including Duke Ellington, Sacajawea, Judy Garland, and Kenneth Koch, the avant-garde spirit informing this book introduced by playwright John Guare. "Lucky in Kansas" Judy Garland: This is always the worst part Tin Man: The coming back Judy Garland: Yes, it fucking sucks, it's depressing as shit The Lion: Well, we're lucky to still be employed at this farm Straw Man: I wouldn't call it lucky The Lion: We were lucky to get back Straw Man: That's not really lucky either I don't think you know what lucky means Judy Garland: It's funny what you miss Tin Man: The running Judy Garland: The flying Tin Man: The flying monkeys Judy Garland: The beautiful flying monkeys above the endless emeralds the unbelievably green world Michael Dickman and Matthew Dickman are identical twins who were born and raised in Portland, Oregon. Michael received the 2010 James Laughlin Award for his second collection Flies (Copper Canyon Press, 2011). Matthew won the prestigious APR/Honickman Award for his debut volume, All-American Poem.
Download or read book The Complete Plays written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shakespeare s Ovid written by A. B. Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-02 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive examination of Shakespeare's use of Ovid's epic poem, Metamorphoses.
Download or read book The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare s Poetry written by Patrick Cheney and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion provides a full introduction to the poetry of William Shakespeare through discussion of his freestanding narrative poems, the Sonnets, and his plays. Fourteen leading international scholars provide accessible and authoritative chapters on all relevant topics: from Shakespeare's seminal role in the development of English poetry, the wide-ranging practice of his poetic form, and his enigmatic place in print and manuscript culture, to his immersion in English Renaissance politics, religion, classicism, and gender dynamics. With individual chapters on Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Passionate Pilgrim, 'The Phoenix and the Turtle', the Sonnets, and A Lover's Complaint, the Companion also includes chapters on the presence of poetry in the dramatic works, on the relation between poetry and performance, and on the reception and influence of the poems. The volume includes a chronology of Shakespeare's life, a note on reference works, and a reading list for each chapter.
Download or read book The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exploring the Language of Poems Plays and Prose written by Mick Short and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the Language of Poems, Plays and Prose examines how readers interact with literary works, how they understand and are moved by them. Mick Short considers how meanings and effects are generated in the three major literary genres, carying out stylistic analysis of poetry, drama and prose fiction in turn. He analyses a wide range of extracts from English literature, adopting an accessible approach to the analysis of literary texts which can be applied easily to other texts in English and in other languages.
Download or read book The Complete Sonnets and Poems written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This Complete Sonnets and Poems is a distinguished addition to a distinguished series. It will repay continuing study, and act as a valuable point of reference for readers concerned more generally with Shakespeare's art and language. Colin Burrow's good sense, tact and balance as aneditor are deeply impressive.' -H. R. Woudhuysen, Times Literary SupplementThis is the only fully annotated and modernized edition to bring together Shakespeare's Sonnets as well as all his poems (including those attributed to him after his death). A full introduction discusses his development as a poet, and how the poems relate to his plays; detailed notes explain the language and allusions in clear modern English. While accessibly written, the edition takes account of the most recent scholarship and criticism.
Download or read book The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1790 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1790 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Works of William Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time. He excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the great tragedies of Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth as well as the moving history plays and the comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew and As You Like It with their magical combination of humour, ribaldry and tenderness.
Download or read book The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare Romeo and Juliet As you like it written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare Pericles Titus Andronicus Addenda Indexes written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare Two gentlemen of Verona Comedy of errors Love s labour s lost written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
