Synopses & Reviews
'\'This pack contains all twelve titles in the series, Cambridge Student Guides: Shakespeare.\''
Synopsis
'\'Cambridge Student Guides to Shakespeare provide explanatory notes and guidance to help form the basis for the understanding of each play. The series is aimed at students from 16 years upwards, in schools, colleges and universities throughout the world.\\n
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Synopsis
Explanatory notes and guidance to help students understand Shakespeare's plays.
Table of Contents
Contexts. What did Shakespeare write? ; What did Shakespeare read? ; What was Shakespeare's England like? -- Language. Verse ; Prose ; Soliloquy ; Antithesis ; Songs ; Imagery -- Critical approaches. Traditional criticism ; Feminist criticism ; Performance criticism ; Psychoanalytic criticism -- Organising your responses. Writing about an extract ; Writing an essay ; Writing about character ; A note on examiners -- Resources. Books ; Screen versions of Othello ; Screen adaptations ; Sound recordings.