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'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.

A dazzling biography of two interwoven, tragic lives: John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald. 'Highly engaging ... Go now, read this book' THE TIMES

A dazzling new biography of Wordsworth's radical life as a thinker and poetical innovator, published to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth.

"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.

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.

From the common playgoers to the royal patrons, this book explores Britain from the perspective of Shakespeares audience revealing how the significant issues of the day were explored at the playhouse through objects and quotations from Shakespeares plays

A renowned critic, biographer, and Shakespeare scholar, Jonathan Bate provides in this Very Short Introduction a lively and engaging overview of the literature that Jorge Luis Borges called "the richest in the world." From the medieval "Hymn of Caedmon" to George Orwell's "Why I Write," from Jane Austen to Ian McEwan, and from Winnie the Pooh to Dr. Johnson, this brilliant, compact survey stretches across the centuries, exploring the major literary forms (poetry, novel, drama, essay and more), the many histories and theories of the very idea of literature, and the role of writers in shaping English, British, and post-imperial identities. Bate illuminates the work of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Dickens, and many other major figures of English literature. He looks at the Renaissance, Romanticism, and Modernism, at the birth of the novel and the Elizabethan invention of the idea of a national literature, and at the nature of writing itself. Ranging from children's literature to biography, this is an indispensable guide and an inspiration for anyone interested in England's magnificent literary heritage.

Král Lear je bezpochyby jednou z největších Shakespearových tragédií. Největší proto, že všechno dění a lidské konání v ní probíhá na obrovských pláních země i nebe. Několik postav v ní přehrává drama lidského údělu. Je to hra velmi konkrétní, fyzický detail v ní hraje mimořádnou roli, zároveň hra univerzální, hra o světě, který se otřásá v základech, hra, v níž se hroutí všechny tradiční hodnoty, hra vizionářská a apokalyptická. V samém srdci této Shakespearovy tragédie je obraz poutníka a cesty. Geograficky vzato putuje Lear ze svého sídla do Doveru. Ale jako každá cesta poutníka i Learova pouť má ještě jiný, daleko důležitější rozměr. Lear putuje z královského paláce do pusté přírody, od svých dcer Regan a Goneril ke Kordelii, od pýchy k pokoře, od panovačné a autoritářské sebestřednosti k soucitu a odpuštění, od koruny ze zlata, symbolu slávy, bohatství a moci. Předmluvu napsal a poznámkami opatřil Zdeněk Stříbrný.

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.

Gathers all of Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, and poems.