Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- 2486 pages
- 88 hours of reading
Illustrated with photographs of performances chosen by RSC Directors, this title features on-page notes which explain words and phrases unfamiliar to a modern audience.
Jonathan Bate Books
June 26, 1958
This British author explores the profound connection between humanity and the natural world. His work, deeply influenced by Romanticism and with a keen focus on Shakespeare, offers insightful explorations of the human spirit and its place within the wider ecosystem. Through his critical and academic writings, he provides unique interpretations of classic texts while engaging with pressing ecological concerns. His prose is both scholarly and accessible, inviting readers to delve into complex themes with fresh understanding.
Shakespeare: staging the world
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Presents a fresh view of the early modern world through the eyes of Shakespeare, his players and audiences. This book illustrates the Catholic counterculture that is revealed through the failed Gunpowder Plot, which was later to prove the inspiration for Macbeth.
This edition of Much Ado About Nothing is part of the groundbreaking Cambridge School Shakespeare series established by Rex Gibson. Remaining faithful to the series' active approach it treats the play as a script to be acted, explored and enjoyed. As well as the complete script of the play, you will find a variety of classroom-tested activities, an eight-page colour section and a selection of notes including information on characters, performance, history and language.
A dazzling new biography of Wordsworth's radical life as a thinker and poetical innovator, published to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth.
Soul of the Age
- 512 pages
- 18 hours of reading
How did plague turn Shakespeare from a jobbing hack into a courtly poet? How did Bottom's dream rewrite the Bible? How did Shakespeare's plays lead to the deaths of an earl and a king? And why was he the one dramatist of his generation never to be imprisoned? This book helps you to understand what being Shakespeare was actually like.
'Enlightening, moving' SIR IAN MCKELLEN From the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how his themes can untangle comedy and tragedy, learning and loving in our modern lives.
How the Classics Made Shakespeare
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
"This book grew from the inaugural E. H. Gombrich Lectures in the Classical Tradition that I delivered in the autumn of 2013 at the Warburg Institute of the University of London, under the title, "Ancient Strength: Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition"--Preface, page ix.
Bate presents an exhilarating, witty and original account of how Shakespeare has come to be accepted as the world genius of literature. He includes an attack on the nationalistic interpretation of Shakespeare
King Lear
- 160 pages
- 6 hours of reading
This title is part of an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.
A dazzling biography of two interwoven, tragic lives: John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald. 'Highly engaging ... Go now, read this book' THE TIMES
