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Shakespeare for Students: 3 Volume Set Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Hacht, Anne Marie (Editor), Burnstein, Cynthia (Editor)
ISBN: 141441255X     ISBN-13: 9781414412559
Publisher: Gale Cengage
OUR PRICE:   $623.20  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: August 2007
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Shakespeare
- Drama | Shakespeare
Dewey: 822.33
LCCN: 2007008901
Series: Shakespeare for Students (3 Vols)
Physical Information: 3.31" H x 8.73" W x 11.33" (8.70 lbs) 987 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Shakespeare for Students is an attractive and accessible 3-vol. set of essential criticism to the playwrights most-popularly-studied plays and poetry in secondary schools and undergraduate curricula. The second edition contains updated entries and 4 brand new entries.

Youll find a diverse blend of criticism along with plot summaries and character profiles that help further decode these dramatic masterpieces for students.

Each detailed, illustrated entry provides:

  • An introduction that provides an overview of the play or poem
  • A plot summary
  • An annotated character list
  • A discussion of the plays principal themes
  • Understandable essays on the plays construction (setting, dialogue, imagery)
  • Historical and cultural context sections that illuminate the plays role in inter-curricular studies
  • Excerpted critical commentary on various facets of the play
  • Extensive theme index
  • A chronology of Shakespeares life, work, and times

...and much more

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