Act by act, scene by scene, each Shakespeare Explained guide creates a total immersion experience in the plot development, characters, and language of the specific play.
Of all of Shakespeare's plays, The Tempest is perhaps the most symbolic. This is admirably explained in this entry in the "Shakespeare Explained" series by Susan Krueger.
Like the other entries in this series, the book begins with lengthy introductory material including a brief biography of Shakespeare, a discussion of the theater during Shakespeare's life, a glossary of literary terms,...
Shakespeare, The Movie II: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV, Video and DVD
Combining three key essays from the earlier collection with exciting new work from leading contributors, this text offers sixteen fascinating essays. It is quite simply a must-read for any student of Shakespeare, film or cultural studies.
Shakespeare, The Movie: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV and Video
[T]hese essays help us understand how Shakespeare continues to live in the twentieth century, and they do it in a manner incomparably more interesting than the articles in the popular media that appear with nauseating regularity and ubiquity at the release of every new adaptation.
Film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays are increasingly popular and now figure prominently in the study of his work and its reception. This Companion is a lively collection of critical and historical essays on the films adapted from, and inspired by, Shakespeare's plays.
