Essential Shakespeare Handbook

Ranked #57 in Shakespeare

THE ONE-STOP, SINGLE-VOLUME COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S GREATEST WORKS-HIS HISTORY PLAYS, COMEDIES, TRAGEDIA, ROMANCES, AND POETRY

A portrait of Shakespeare's life and times: critics, contemporaries, patrons, and the era's vibrant theater.

Full commentaries on all 39 plays including detailed plot summaries, a survey of dramatic interpretations on stage and screen, and an introduction to Shakespeare's sonnets and narrative poetry.

Insight into Shakespeare's unique world, including his language, his sources of inspiration, and teh secret of his enduring...
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