The Complete Idiot's Guide to ShakespeareIntroduces Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, and narrative poems, and discusses major themes, characters, and dramatic techniques |
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Contents
Contents | 1 |
The Renaissance 101 | 13 |
Shakespeares Theater | 25 |
The Plays the Thing | 37 |
Words to the Wise | 44 |
DoItYourself Insults | 58 |
ShakenBacon | 68 |
The Comedy of Errors and Two Gentlemen of Verona | 85 |
Romeo and Juliet | 193 |
Julius Caesar | 203 |
Othello the Moor of Venice | 213 |
King Lear | 225 |
Macbeth | 235 |
Antony and Cleopatra | 247 |
Coriolanus and Timon of Athens | 257 |
Romances | 267 |
The Taming of the Shrew and Loves Labors Lost | 97 |
A Midsummer Nights Dream and The Merchant | 109 |
The Merchant of Venice | 116 |
As You Like It and Much Ado About Nothing | 123 |
Twelfth Night and The Merry Wives of Windsor | 135 |
Problem Plays | 145 |
Troilus and Cressida | 155 |
Measure for Measure | 163 |
Tragedies | 171 |
Hamlet | 181 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare complete idiot's guide series |
| Author | Laurie Rozakis |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Penguin, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0028629051, 9780028629056 |
| Length | 380 pages |
| Subjects | › Drama / Shakespeare Fiction / Classics |
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