Studying Shakespeare
Author： Laurie Maguire
Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication year： 2008
E-ISBN: 9780470776704
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780631229858
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780631229841
Subject： I Literature;I06 Literature, Literature Appreciation;I106.3 dramatic literature
Language： ENG
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Description
This engaging book draws on all of Shakespeare's plays to show they can still be used as a guide to life.
- Introduces beginning students and general readers to Shakespeare's plays by highlighting the connections between the issues addressed by the plays and those of our own time.
- Focuses on the characters, situations and stories in Shakespeare which are still familiar today.
- Shows how Shakespeare's plays illustrate some of life's most familiar stories - love and obsession, parents and children, sex and politics, suffering and revenge
- Makes Shakespeare’s plays accessible to the widest possible audience.
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