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Books : The "Taming of the Shrew" (Sourcebooks Shakespeare)
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The "Taming of the Shrew" (Sourcebooks Shakespeare) by: William Shakespeare Vegetarian Books Price: £12.99 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 9780713684070 Format: Audiobook ISBN: 0713684070 Label: Methuen Drama Manufacturer: Methuen Drama Number Of Pages: 416 Publication Date: April 15, 2008 Publisher: Methuen Drama Studio: Methuen Drama Sales Rank: 243389 Related Items:
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 Rating: - The Best User-Friendly Edition of Shakespeare's PlaysAs a student, teacher and lover of English, I have several editions of Shakespeare's plays: Arden, Oxford, Penguin and some more obscure ones. I have settled on this edition as my preferred one. The Arden and Oxford editions may be more scholarly, but none beats the sourcebook Shakespeares for information, variety and sheer readability. So what makes this edition so special? First and foremost the text is spaciously laid out. That may not sound like a big deal, but just look at the way Shakespeare is usually set out - lines close together, almost crammed onto a page. Here, the text is given room to breathe. This makes appreciating (and annotating) it much easier. Psychologically, you don't have the feeling of stepping into an impenetrable ... Read More: Rating: - An excellent study aidI read this after reading several heavy literary critiques of Shrew and a fairly weighty copy of the play text itself. I use these kinds of notes as a handy quick reference guide in these situations, and so wasn't expecting much, especially as sometimes these kind of books can be hastily churned out and sometimes contain errors. I was surprised by how good this is (and was able to use my other extensive reading to back up these claims for quality and veracity). It gives excellent references to all kinds of materials including websites, critical texts and films, many of which are bang up to date. It covers all the key points you look for in a study guide, i.e. brief plot summaries, characters, themes etc, but also provides excerpts of more in ... Read More: |
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