Shakespeare A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More
10 best books like Shakespeare A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More (Charles Boyce): Shakespeare On Love, Descriptionary: A Thematic Dictionary, The Friendly Shakespeare: A Thoroughly Painless Guide to the Best of the Bard, Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare, Vols. 1-2, Shakespeare's English Kings: History, Chronicle, and Drama, Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion, Shakespeare's Bawdy, A Guide To The Louvre, A Handbook to Literature, Essential Shakespeare Handbook
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| ISBN | 0735201749 |
Shakespeare on Love is a romantic collection of poems and quotes selected from the plays and sonnets of William Shakespeare. Fine art, and book illustrations from Arthur Rackham, Charles Robinson, Richard Dadd, Henry Fuseli, Sir John Everett Millais, William Blake, Noel Paton, and William Holman...
| Author | Marc McCutcheon |
| ISBN | 0816059268 |
Descriptionary is a handy book book of lists with definition. I found things like the lists of dogs, horses, and animals very useful. I had not known a lot of the proper terms to describe them.
A word list example from the dog's section includes:
Apple head
badger-marked
cloddy
ringtail
They...
| Author | Norrie Epstein |
| ISBN | 0140138862 |
I had just finished Epstein’s The Friendly Dickens and enjoyed it very much. After reading that book I thought ‘Shakespeare too, well, why not?’ I’m glad I did.
In this book Epstein takes a look at the person, plays and history of Shakespeare. She then stirs in wonderful interviews,...
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
| ISBN | 0517268256 |
Highly respected and widely read author Isaac Asimov offers a fresh, easy-to-read approach to understanding the greatest writer of all time.
Designed to provide the modern reader with a working knowledge of topics pertinent to Shakespeare's audience, this book explores, scene-by-scene,...
| Author | Peter Saccio |
| ISBN | 0195123190 |
Far more than any professional historian, Shakespeare is responsible for whatever notions most of us possess about English medieval history. Anyone who appreciates the dramatic action of Shakespeare's history plays but is confused by much of the historical detail will welcome this guide to the...
Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion
| Author | David Crystal |
| ISBN | 0140291172 |
A vital resource for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by or are unknown to a modern audience. Displayed panels look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address. Plot summaries...
| Author | Eric Partridge |
| ISBN | 0415254000 |
This classic of Shakespeare scholarship begins with a masterly introductory essay analysing and exemplifying the various categories of sexual and non-sexual bawdy expressions and allusions in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. The main body of the work consists of an alphabetical glossary of all...
| Author | Anne Sefrioui |
| ISBN | 2711845923 |
Even if I never visit the Louvre, this guide is pretty cool to flip through and just take in the shear amount of historic paintings and sculptures of extremely fine quality. The descriptions of each painting are about a paragraph long, and wow can one learn much about the history of our kind just from reading...
| Author | William Harmon |
| ISBN | 0130127310 |
It is a handy book that can be read for pleasure. However, the publisher really doesn't need to update it every 3 years to force poor students to buy the new editions. In this 10th edition the editor admitted there was little substantial he could add. In fact, he mentioned his children suggested three new...
| Author | Leslie Dunton-Downer |
| ISBN | 1465402268 |
THE ONE-STOP, SINGLE-VOLUME COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE'S GREATEST WORKS-HIS HISTORY PLAYS, COMEDIES, TRAGEDIA, ROMANCES, AND POETRY
A portrait of Shakespeare's life and times: critics, contemporaries, patrons, and the era's vibrant theater.
Full commentaries on all 39 plays...
| Author | J.A. Cuddon |
| ISBN | 0140513639 |
The latest installment of this trusted literary companion covers all aspects of literary theory, from definitions of technical terms to characterizations of literary movements. Geared toward students, teachers, readers, and writers alike, The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary...
| Author | Frank Lentricchia |
| ISBN | 0226472035 |
Since its publication in 1990, Critical Terms for Literary Study has become a landmark introduction to the work of literary theory—giving tens of thousands of students an unparalleled encounter with what it means to do theory and criticism. Significantly expanded, this new edition features six...
| Author | Margaret Drabble |
| ISBN | 0198614535 |
The first edition of The Oxford Companion to English Literature, edited by Sir Paul Harvey, was published in 1932, and quickly established itself as the standard source of reference for scholars, students, and general readers alike. In 1985, under the editorship of Margaret Drabble, the text was...
| Author | Terry Deary |
| ISBN | 0439083877 |
Why is that Hamlet guy always talking to himself? In language kids can understand, this book explores the Bard's ten best-known plays. Included are a biography of Shakespeare and a discussion of theater in his day. This is part of a series presenting the great works of Western culture to children, with...
| Author | Russ McDonald |
| ISBN | 0312248806 |
A Review of The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare: An Introduction with Documents byRuss McDonald
Rating: Five Stars
Genre: Nonfiction/Informational
Date Published: 2001
I picked up this book for a Shakespeare class that I took in college. I liked it so much that...
| Author | Robin Gardiner |
| ISBN | 1559723475 |
The Titanic Conspiracy raises many questions, including: Why was the ship's helmsman packed off to South Africa? And why did the ship's log go down with the ship? Why did Captain Smith accelerate into the ice field of which he had been warned many times? And why did he wait twenty-five minutes to start...
| Author | John Doyle |
| ISBN | 0764551353 |
"Shakespeare For Dummies is exquisite."
--from the Foreword by Dame Judi Dench, star of "Mrs. Brown" and "Shakespeare in Love" "What the film Shakespeare in Love has done to make Shakespeare the man accessible to a general audience, this book will do to make Shakespeare the writer enjoyable."
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| Author | Gwynne Dyer |
| ISBN | 0786717718 |
While modern science ponders whether human beings are programmed toward belligerence and warfare, there is no doubt that war has been humanity's constant companion since the dawn of civilization, and that we have become all too proficient in its conduct. In War, noted military historian Gwynne Dyer...
| Author | M.H. Abrams |
| ISBN | 1413004563 |
I had to buy this book for some class many many moons ago, and I thought it would be old hat by now, what with it sitting gathering dust on the shelf over the years.
Surprisingly, though, after thinking I was just going to refresh my memory on little morsels like adynaton, hypozeugma, and all the...
| Author | Christine A. Lindberg |
| ISBN | 0195170768 |
This brand new thesaurus from Oxford, the most trusted name in reference, is the first to be developed by writers, for writers.
In addition to the more than 300,000 synonyms and 10,000 antonyms found in the thesaurus, each of our distinguished editorial board members (including David Auburn,...
You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe
| Author | Christopher Potter |
| ISBN | 0061137863 |
“You Are Here is not just physics for poets, but as close to poetry or music as science is ever likely to get. Christopher Potter’s narrative is as imaginative, ingenious, and elegantly concise as it is user-friendly.” — Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind
“A personal, brilliant,...
Twitter for Writers: The Author's Guide to Tweeting Success
Use Twitter to improve your writing, network with other authors, meet fans, build a platform, gain exposure, find reviewers and sell books.
Rayne Hall has one of the best platforms any writer has on Twitter – with over 50,000 genuine, engaged followers who enjoy her tweets and buy her books....
| Author | Edward Samuel Behr |
| ISBN | 0553344749 |
Pu Yi for dummies
questo libro vorrebbe essere una bio di Aisin Gioro Pu Yi ultimo imperatore della dinastia Ching e in assoluto ultimo a sedere sul trono del Drago
tralasciando la prosa sciatta e l'obsoleta traduzione, bisogna innanzitutto sapere che questo libro è stato scritto...
| Author | Reader's Digest Association |
| ISBN | 0276495411 |
This is a really neat dictionary, perfect for writers who always have the word they want on the tip of their tongue but don't exactly remember what it is. For example, if you look up something generic, like "window," the entry will consist of a listing of different types of windows, from bay to jalousie...
