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SHAKESPEARESHAKESPEARERELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

What's Inside:
  • Playwright, Poet, and Businessman
  • The Printed Word in Shakespeare's Time
  • Elizabethan England
  • Twelfth Night and Other Comedies
  • The New Globe Playhouse
  • Hamlet and Other Tragedies
  • Sonnets
  • Henry VIII and Other History Plays
Features:
  • LEXILE® READING LEVEL: 970L
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"William Shakespeare has been called the greatest writer in the English language. From about 1590 to 1613, he wrote 36 plays, including tragedies (Hamlet), comedies (A Midsummer Night's Dream), and histories (Henry V). Today, his plays are performed all over the world and in dozens of different languages. Yet Shakespeare did not consider them important enough to publish, and in his spare time, he. . . "
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • Shakespeare: Fandex Family Field Guides. By Dan Myerson, Workman Publishing, 2003.
  • Brilliant Brits: Shakespeare (Brilliant Brits). By Richard Brassey, Dolphin Book Co., 2004.
  • Eyewitness: Shakespeare. By Peter Chrisp and Steve Teague, DK Publishing Inc, 2002.
  • William Shakespeare: Playwright And Poet (Signature Lives Renaissance Era). By Pamela Hill Nettleton, Compass Point Books, 2005.
  • William Shakespeare: Poet and Playwright. By Stewart Ross, Raintree, 2004.
ADULT BOOKS
  • Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare. By Stephen Greenblatt, W. W. Norton & Company, 2004.
  • Shakespeare After All. By Marjorie Garber, Pantheon, 2004.
  • The Age of Shakespeare (Modern Library Chronicles). By Frank Kermode, Modern Library, 2004.
  • Essential Shakespeare Handbook. By Leslie Dunton-Downer, DK Publishing Inc, 2004.
  • The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare : An Introduction with Documents. By Russ McDonald, Bedford/St. Martin's, 2001.
  • Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare : A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying the Works of Shakespeare. By Isaac Asimov, Gramercy, 2003.
WEBSITES
  • Shakespeare Online: www.shakespeare-online.com
  • Absolute Shakespeare: www.absoluteshakespeare.com
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
  • Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, DC):
    www.folger.edu