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1	Macbeth more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist Shakespeare's dark portrait of ambition begins when three prophesying witches conspire to meet with Macbeth. Obliging his fate, he indeed encounters these "Weird Sisters," who mysteriously refer to him by the title Thane of Cawdor, and moreover, as the future king. Macbeth's companion Banquo is told that his descendants will inherit the throne. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare more books like this by Professor Stephen J Greenblatt add to wishlist Greenblatt interweaves a searching account of Elizabethan England with a vivid narrative of the playwright's life. Readers see Shakespeare learning his craft, starting a family, and forging a career for himself in the wildly competitive London theater world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Riverside Shakespeare more books like this by G Blakemore Evans, William Shakespeare, Harry Levin add to wishlist The Second Edition of this complete collection of Shakespeare's plays and poems features two essays on recent criticism and productions, fully updated textual notes, a photographic insert of recent productions, and two works recently attributed to Shakespeare. The authors of the essays on recent criticism and productions are Heather DuBrow, ... see all copies from $39.99! new only from $72.84! \| first editions \| SVS
4	As you like it more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist One of Shakespeare's early plays, written in 1598 or 1599, AS YOU LIKE IT is in many ways a typical Elizabethan romantic comedy, but it is also a satire in which Shakespeare ridicules many of the courtly-love conventions that were still current in his day: love as a disease, for example, and the lover as slave to his imperious mistress. In AS YOU ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Shakespeare After All more books like this by Professor Marjorie Garber add to wishlist Richly informed by Shakespearean scholarship of the latter half of the 20th century, this book offers passionate and revealing readings of all 38 of Shakespeare's plays, in chronological sequence. see all copies from $11.00! new only from $11.96! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare: An Introduction with Documents more books like this by Russ McDonald, Ph.D. (Editor) add to wishlist This text provides a combination of well written, up-to-date background information and selections from primary documents. "The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare" introduces students to the topics most important to the study of Shakespeare in their full historical and cultural context. This second edition contains many new documents, particularly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| SVS
7	Sonnets more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist This new edition focuses on Shakespeare's Sonnets as poetry - sometimes strikingly individual poems, but often subtly interlinked in thematic, imagistic, and other groupings. The volume also addresses the many questions that cast a veil of mystery over the genesis of the poems. To what extent are The Sonnets autobiographical? What is the nature of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom add to wishlist Harold Bloom, author of THE WESTERN CANON and editor of hundreds of critical works, unpacks a lifetime of experience with Shakespeare and his characters. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary, Vol. 1 more books like this by Alexander Schmidt add to wishlist Volume 1 of massive work by a leading Shakespeare scholar and lexicographer, a standard in the field, provides full definitions, locations, and shades of meaning in every word in Shakespeare's plays and poems. The two volumes contain more than 50,000 exact quotations, each precisely located. There is no other word dictionary comparable to this ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Necessary Shakespeare more books like this by David Bevington (Editor) add to wishlist A highly respected editor and Shakespearean scholar, David Bevington presents a brief version of The Complete Works of Shakespeare, 6/e wiih the new edition of The Necessary Shakespeare, 3/e. The third edition addresses the two key issues confronted by students approaching Shakespeare today: a lack of knowledge about the historical period and ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $47.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Complete Works of Shakespeare more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist A balanced editorial approach, a highly respected editor, and comprehensive glosses, footnotes, and historical and cultural essays make this the most reader-friendly introduction to Shakespeare available today. The sixth edition of this comprehensive anthology addresses the two key issues confronted by readers approaching Shakespeare today: a lack ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.22! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works more books like this by William Shakespeare, Stanley Wells (Editor), Gary Taylor (Editor) add to wishlist Presents a compact edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare that combines impeccable scholarship with beautifully written editorial material and a user-friendly layout of the text. It also includes a foreword, list of contents, general introduction, essay on language, contemporary allusions to Shakespeare, glossary, consolidated ... see all copies from $16.71! new only from $25.50! \| SVS
13 view cover	Love and Friendship more books like this by Allan Bloom add to wishlist The author of the national bestseller The Closing of the American Mind offers a provocative indictment of the devaluing of love and intimacy in today's culture. Allan Bloom explores the language of love from the Bible to Freud, shedding penetrating light on the true nature of our most basic human connections. "(A) rich mine of a book".--New York ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Shakespeare A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More more books like this by Charles Boyce add to wishlist Shakespeare A-to-Z comprises almost 3,000 al phabetical entries making this volume the most comprehensive resource on Shakespeare and his world. ' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.26! \| signed copies \| SVS
15 view cover	The Riverside Shakespeare more books like this by William Shakespeare, G Blakemore Evans (Editor) add to wishlist After more than a generation and despite its many imitators, The Riverside Shakespeare remains the Shakespeare of choice for scholars and general readers alike. Recently revised to reflect the last quarter century of literary scholarship, it is now available in a deluxe edition - two volumes, bound in full cloth, in a handsome, four-color slipcase ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $413.43! \| first editions
16 view cover	Shakespeare's Sonnets more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist David West is a highly distinguished classicist and literary critic. Here, he explores the sonnets of Shakespeare. The application of the techniques of classical scholarship to the sonnets results in the one of the most impressive and delightful contributions to Shakespeare studies in recent years. At a time when our familiarity with Shakespeare's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Henry IV Part 1 more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist While King Henry IV rightly laments that his heir, the young Prince Hal, has not distinguished himself in battle, Hal is up to no good at the Boar's Head Tavern with his rotund cohort, Falstaff. With a rebellion rising against the throne at home, Hal lives it up in the ale houses of London, associating with petty schemers and masterminding ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying the Works of Shakespeare more books like this by Isaac Asimov, Rafael Palacios add to wishlist Containing plot synopses for all of Shakespeare's plays, this book is designed to make Shakespeare's works easier to understand. It explains many of the historical and mythological references and features maps to provide a geographical context. see all copies from $16.00! first editions
19 view cover	Troilus & Cressida more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist This edition is the first to offer a detailed account of the theatrical treatment of Troilus and Cressida on the British and North American stages from its first revivals at the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. As social turmoil increased, audiences grew more in tune with the play's cynical undercutting of the Homeric tale of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Shakespeare more books like this by Michael Wood add to wishlist This biography of Shakespeare and study of his work locates the playwright firmly in the context of his times (chaotic, repressive) and takes into consideration his roots in the rural countryside. It also takes a close look at the question of whether Shakespeare was or was not a Roman Catholic. see all copies from $3.35! new only from $27.99! \| first editions
21 view cover	Who Wrote Shakespeare? more books like this by John Michell add to wishlist The riddle of Shakespeare's authorship remains one of the great mysteries of the modern world. Was the famous writer and poet a fraud and a plagarist? Was Shakespeare the "upstart crow" described by Greene as strutting in borrowed feathers, or Johnson's "Poet-Ape" who patched together plays from other's work? Was his name merely a pseudonym for a ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $9.13! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Shadowplay: The Hidden Beliefs and Coded Politics of William Shakespeare more books like this by Clare Asquith add to wishlist A revelatory new look at how Shakespeare secretly addressed the most profound political issues of his day, and how his plays embody a hidden history of England. In 16th-century England many loyal subjects to the crown were asked to make a terrible choice: to follow their monarch or their God. The era was one of unprecedented authoritarianism: ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Witches and Jesuits: Shakespeare's Macbeth more books like this by Garry Wills add to wishlist Garry Wills presents a bold reading of MACBETH that highlights that play's supernatural aspects as well as its topical references, in particular to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, for which many at the time held the Jesuits responsible. Wills mounts a thorough argument based on his own close reading and attention to a range of sources. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary, Vol. 2 more books like this by Alexander Schmidt add to wishlist Volume 2 of massive work by a leading Shakespeare scholar and lexicographer, a standard in the field, provides full definitions, locations, and shades of meaning in every word in Shakespeare's plays and poems. see all copies from $6.57! new only from $11.27! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Filthy Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Most Outrageous Sexual Puns more books like this by Pauline Kiernan add to wishlist Celebrating the Bard in all his bawdy glory, this volume takes a hilarious and insightful look into the down-and-dirty sexual puns lurking in Shakespeare's body of work, presenting more than 70 examples translated into modern English. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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