A Guide to Henry IV, Part 1 (The Shakespeare Handbooks) - Softcover

Buch 15 von 27: The Shakespeare Handbooks

McCallum, Alistair

 
9781899747054: A Guide to Henry IV, Part 1 (The Shakespeare Handbooks)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1899747052 ISBN 13: 9781899747054
Verlag: Upstart Crow Publications, 2014

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The Shakespeare Handbooks provide a helpful, straightforward guide to the work of the world’s most celebrated dramatist. Along with a clear, easy-to-follow description of the plot, each book contains plenty of quotations from the text – with simple explanations of any unfamiliar words and phrases – and some thought-provoking comments from critics, past and present.

The Shakespeare Handbooks include a few intriguing Shakespearean facts and figures, too. How old was Shakespeare when he wrote Henry IV, Part 1? Why is King Henry described as ‘cankered’? What was the ‘Tudor myth’, and did Shakespeare subscribe to it? In real life, what injury did King Henry’s son sustain in battle? According to Germaine Greer, why might the original audience have jeered angrily at Falstaff as well as laughing at him? And what is a ‘leaping-house’? And a ‘jordan’?

If you’re apprehensive about approaching a Shakespeare play, the Shakespeare Handbooks provide the perfect introduction. They’re ideal for students, theatregoers – in fact, anyone curious to know more about the greatest plays in the English language.

These are a few of the appreciative comments we’ve received about the Shakespeare Handbooks:
“Tremendously useful in helping to understand Shakespeare’s works” – Dame Judi Dench.
“Very readable, very helpful” – Kenneth Branagh.
“The Shakespeare Handbooks open the plays up admirably. Excellent for all levels of reader – everybody will get something from them.” – Simon Callow.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Alistair McCallum grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, and was a regular visitor to the town’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre from an early age. He later studied English Literature at Jesus College, Cambridge. Since graduating, he has worked as a teacher, editor and writer.

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Verlag
Upstart Crow Publications
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1899747052
ISBN 13 
9781899747054
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
72
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