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30-second Shakespeare : 50 key aspects of his works, life and legacy, each explained in half a minute / editor, Ros Barber ; foreword, Mark Rylance ; contributors Ros Barber and nine others ; illustrations, Ivan Hissey.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Lewes, East Sussex, UK : Ivy Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781782402923
Other title:
  • Thirty-second Shakespeare
Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PR2976 .S436 2015
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Introduction -- Context: Glossary -- The life and legend -- Religion and politics -- Textual sources -- Feature play: Hamlet -- Classical influences -- Contemporary influences -- The sonnets -- The authorship question -- Co-authorship -- Themes: Glossary -- Political transition -- Usurpation -- False accusation -- Feature play: Othello -- Resurrection -- Mistaken identity -- Reputation -- Exile -- Knowledge: Glossary: Language and vocabulary -- Biblical reference -- Medicine -- Feature play: King Lear -- Law -- History -- Geography -- Art -- Components: Glossary -- Blank verse -- Rhyme -- Prose -- Turns of phrase -- Feature play: Romeo and Juliet -- Music -- Comedy -- Soliloquies -- Heroes and villains: Glosasry -- Tragic heroes -- Lovers -- Flighters -- Feature play: Macbeth -- Plotters -- Strong women -- Clowns and fools -- The commoners -- Magic and monsters: Glossary: Elizabethan magic -- Magicians and witches -- Ghosts -- Sprites and fairies -- Feature play: A midsummer night's dream -- Monsters -- Charms and potions -- Prophecy and premonition -- Legacy: Glossary -- The king of infinite space -- The inventor of English -- The storyteller -- Influence -- Feature play: The tempest -- Apocrypha -- Forgeries -- Critical heritage -- Notes on contributors.
Subject: 30-Second Shakespeare uses the unique approach of the bestselling 30-Second series to grapple with the work and influence of the world's most famous playwright. This absorbing crash course takes the reader through what we know of his life, then turns to uncoding key concepts, themes and motifs in his plays and other works, and finishes with a succinct look at the Bard's extraordinary literary and linguistic legacy.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

30-Second Shakespeare uses the unique approach of the bestselling 30-Second series to grapple with the work and influence of the world's most famous playwright. This absorbing crash course takes the reader through what we know of his life, then turns to uncoding key concepts, themes and motifs in his plays and other works, and finishes with a succinct look at the Bard's extraordinary literary and linguistic legacy.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Context: Glossary -- The life and legend -- Religion and politics -- Textual sources -- Feature play: Hamlet -- Classical influences -- Contemporary influences -- The sonnets -- The authorship question -- Co-authorship -- Themes: Glossary -- Political transition -- Usurpation -- False accusation -- Feature play: Othello -- Resurrection -- Mistaken identity -- Reputation -- Exile -- Knowledge: Glossary: Language and vocabulary -- Biblical reference -- Medicine -- Feature play: King Lear -- Law -- History -- Geography -- Art -- Components: Glossary -- Blank verse -- Rhyme -- Prose -- Turns of phrase -- Feature play: Romeo and Juliet -- Music -- Comedy -- Soliloquies -- Heroes and villains: Glosasry -- Tragic heroes -- Lovers -- Flighters -- Feature play: Macbeth -- Plotters -- Strong women -- Clowns and fools -- The commoners -- Magic and monsters: Glossary: Elizabethan magic -- Magicians and witches -- Ghosts -- Sprites and fairies -- Feature play: A midsummer night's dream -- Monsters -- Charms and potions -- Prophecy and premonition -- Legacy: Glossary -- The king of infinite space -- The inventor of English -- The storyteller -- Influence -- Feature play: The tempest -- Apocrypha -- Forgeries -- Critical heritage -- Notes on contributors.

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