Contains all the known plays and poems of William Shakespeare complete with user's guide to his works, background information on the famous author, and an explanation of Shakespearean language.

An annotated edition of Shakespeare's tragicomedy in which an unjust Viennese deputy offers to lift a death sentence from a young woman's brother in return for sexual favors from her; also includes essays on Shakespeare's theatrical world and his texts, and a scholarly introduction.

Set in the 1970s in a run-down, industrial town, a police force struggles to shed an incessant drug problem. Duncan, the chief of police, is idealistic and visionary, a dream to the townspeople, but a nightmare for criminals. The drug trade is ruled by two drug lords, one of whom, a master of manipulation named Hecate, has connections with the highest in power, and plans to use them to get his way.

"A long-lost work of Shakespeare, newly found. A killer who stages the Bard's extravagant murders as flesh-and-blood realities. A desperate race to find literary gold, and just to stay alive." "On the eve of the Globe's production of Hamlet, Shakespeare scholar and theater director Kate Stanley's eccentric mentor gives her a mysterious box, claiming to have made a groundbreaking discovery. Before she can reveal it to Kate, however, terrifying echoes...

An intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year--1599--that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature. How was Shakespeare transformed from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this one exhilarating year we follow what he reads and writes, what he sees, and whom he works with as he invests in the new Globe Theatre and creates four of his most famous plays--Henry...

Shakespeare continues to be the most studied author in English literature. The way in which his plays are studied has undergone considerable change in recent years. This volume aims to demystify Shakespeare's plays for the beginning reader. Concentrating on language, genre and history, it discusses the plays in the light of contemporary critical thought. It explores issues of racial stereotyping, social justice, the subjugation of women and attitueds...

Proser examines five Shakespearean tragedies (Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Othello, Coriolanus, and Antony and Cleopatra) in an attempt to show that the tragic issue of each of these plays lies in part in the 'discrepancy between the main character's self-conception'and his 'entire human reality'.......