{"product_id":"how-to-read-a-shakespeare-play-isbn-9781405113960","title":"How to Read a Shakespeare Play","description":"This clear and succinct book is designed for general readers who want to know how to go about reading Shakespeare’s works for pleasure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eEncourages readers to approach Shakespeare's works aggressively, interactively, and questioningly\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on six popular Shakespeare plays - \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV Part I, Hamlet, King Lear\u003c\/i\u003e and The \u003ci\u003eTempest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRecommends the best editions, recordings and DVDs \/ videos of these plays\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the production of the plays on stage and screen\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces readers to different genres in Shakespeare – romantic comedy, English history, tragedy and romance\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAvoids jargon and abstract literary theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003e1. How to Read a Shakespeare Play.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night’s Dream\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. \u003ci\u003eHenry the Fourth, Part I\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Epilogue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In just a few pages, the author manages to unearth the full richness of the Bard, opening the reader's mind and asking questions rather than providing glib, easy answers. This is a terrific beginner's volume for the novice English literature student tasked with studying the works of William Shakespeare, and a valuable re-entry point for the intermediate Shakespeare reader looking for additional analytical methods.\" (\u003ci\u003eSimply Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The first chapter is a fabulous, full-frontal, thirteen-page assault that both dispenses information and suggests effective questions that student readers might employ when reading a text in order to 'read aggressively' (p. 9). What is mildly revolutionary is that it is here, in print, ready to be easily disseminated to students and thus to more easily and readily articulate the type of engagement with a text that we hope and expect our students will undertake. Bevington challenges his readers to think in historical, theatrical, and characterological terms. Bevington's list is instructive and at times brutally honest. Schools should consider investing heavily in this text for the benefit of their pupils; college or university-level students would also be aided by Bevington's straightforward, avuncular reading advice.\" (\u003ci\u003eYear's Work in English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Bevington\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. His recent publications include \u003ci\u003eShakespeare: The Seven Ages of Human Experience\u003c\/i\u003e (second edition, 2005) and \u003ci\u003eShakespeare: Script, Stage, Screen\u003c\/i\u003e (with Anne Marie Welsh and Michael L. Greenwald, 2006). He has also edited the Bantam Shakespeare in 29 volumes (currently being reedited), \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Works of Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e (fifth edition, 2003), and a number of individual Shakespeare plays including \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHenry IV, Part I\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Cressida\u003c\/i\u003e.  How should we read Shakespeare plays? In this clear and succinct book author David Bevington, who has extensive experience of teaching Shakespeare to students, encourages readers to approach his works aggressively, interactively, and questioningly. Bevington suggests that readers think of themselves as armchair directors, deciding what the actors should wear, what social class they represent, why they are there, and, most importantly, what they are after.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eBevington’s introduction incorporates fresh and incisive readings of a handful of popular Shakespeare plays: \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV Part I, Hamlet, King Lear\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest.\u003c\/i\u003e Using these plays as examples, he demonstrates how Shakespeare worked his way forward by genres, focusing at first on romantic comedies and English history plays, and taking on the daunting assignment of writing tragedies only when he felt he was ready.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989382742245,"sku":"NP9781405113960","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405113960.jpg?v=1761783896","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/how-to-read-a-shakespeare-play-isbn-9781405113960","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}