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"The Necessary Shakespeare" was published by Pearson Longman in 2009 - New York, it has 916 pages and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: The Necessary Shakespeare
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 916
  • Publisher: Pearson Longman
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  • Publish Location: New York

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Pagination: cxiii, 916 p : il

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"The Necessary Shakespeare" Table Of Contents:

  • 1- GENERAL INTRODUCTION
  • 2- Life in Shakespeare's England
  • 3- The Drama Before Shakespeare
  • 4- London Theatres and Dramatic Companies
  • 5- Shakespeare's Life and Work
  • 6- Shakespeare's Language: His Development as Poet and Dramatist
  • 7- Editions and Editors of Shakespeare
  • 8- Shakespeare Criticism
  • 9- COMEDIES
  • 10- The Taming of the Shrew
  • 11- A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • 12- The Merchant of Venice
  • 13- Much Ado About Nothing
  • 14- As You Like It
  • 15- Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will
  • 16- Measure for Measure
  • 17- HISTORIES
  • 18- The Tragedy of King Richard the Third
  • 19- The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
  • 20- The First Part of King Henry the Fourth
  • 21- The Life of King Henry the Fifth
  • 22- TRAGEDIES
  • 23- Romeo and Juliet
  • 24- Julius Caesar
  • 25- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
  • 26- Othello, the Moor of Venice
  • 27- King Lear
  • 28- Macbeth
  • 29- Antonyand Cleopatra
  • 30- ROMANCES
  • 31- The Winter's Tale
  • 32- The Tempest
  • 33- POEMS
  • 34- Sonnets
  • 35- Appendix 1
  • 36- Canon, Dates, and Early Texts Appendix 2
  • 37- Sources
  • 38- Appendix 3
  • 39- Shakespeare in Performance
  • 40- Appendix 4
  • 41- Films and Videos as a Guide to the Study of Shakespeare
  • 42- The Royal Genealogy of England
  • 43- Maps
  • 44- Bibliography
  • 45- Textual Notes
  • 46- Glossary of Shakespearean Words
  • 47- Index

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This remarkable volume comprises not only twenty-one of Shakespeare's plays but also all of the sonnets, accompanied by a comprehensive General Introduction that addresses questions of context, language, and critical reception, and appendices that explore dates and alternate texts, sources, Shakespeare in performance, and a new guide to current films—an extraordinary and indeed necessary collection.

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