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Shakespeare Speaks - BBC Learning English (20 Episodes)
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Shakespeare Speaks - BBC Learning English (20 Episodes)Shakespeare Speaks - BBC Learning English (20 Episodes)

The Shakespeare Speaks series is a co-production between BBC Learning English and The Open University.
Shakespeare Speaks is a 20-part series about the life, times and language of William Shakspeare.

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The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets
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The Art of Shakespeare's SonnetsThe Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets

In detailed commentaries on Shakespeare's 154 sonnets, Vendler reveals previously unperceived imaginative and stylistic features of the poems, pointing out not only new levels of import in particular lines, but also the ways in which the four parts of each sonnet work together to enact emotion and create dynamic effect. The commentaries--presented alongside the original and modernized texts--offer fresh perspectives on the individual poems, and, taken together, provide a full picture of Shakespeare's techniques as a working poet.
 
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Will In The World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
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Will In The World: How Shakespeare Became ShakespeareWill In The World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

Why should we read Stephen Greenblatt’s Will in the World? There have been innumerable biographies of William Shakespeare, but the greatest of all writers remains the great unknowable. We know about the petty business dealings, the death of his son, his career as a man of the theatre, and (of course) the seemingly contemptuous bequeath to Anne Hathaway of his ‘second best bed’. But any biographer is left scratching for much more than that--apart, of course, from adducing what can be read of the man's characters from his work (an enterprise fraught with danger). Shakespeare is not Hamlet, Lear or Benedict--though, of course, he is also, in a real sense, all three...
 
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How to Find Out About Shakespeare
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How to Find Out About ShakespeareHow to Find Out About Shakespeare

How to Find Out About Shakespeare serves as a guide to the study of the poetry and plays of William Shakespeare. This book provides information on Shakespeare's life, his work, and the society in which he lived. Organized into 10 chapters, this book begins with an overview of England in which Shakespeare lived to develop a sense of his times, the ideas, as well as the social and political tension of England. This text then discusses the events of his life as well as the doubts that have been cast on his very existence... This book is a valuable resource for teachers, students, and librarians.
 
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A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories
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A Stage Full of Shakespeare StoriesA Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories

Step on to a stage full of stories with this beautiful anthology of 12 stories from Shakespeare. Featuring much-loved classics such as The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Othello, each story is rewritten in a comprehensive way that is accessible for children and stunningly illustrated by collage artist Alice Lindstrom. 
 
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