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The Quality of Mercy

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In The Quality of Mercy, one of the world's most revered theatre directors reflects on a fascinating variety of Shakespearean topics.In this sequence of essays, Peter Brook debates such questions as who was the man who wrote Shakespeare's plays, why Shakespeare is never out of date, and how actors should approach Shakespeare's verse. He also revisits some of the plays which he has directed with ... Read more

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The great American scholar Harold Bloom, in his study of Shakespeare, offered that Shakespeare did not just write some of the greatest plays and characters of all time, but that Shakespeare created a new human being, one that had not existed before, and which we have all become — modern man. This is the story of how it might have felt to be with Shakespeare in 1593 when the plague had closed the
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by Benjamin Disraeli, Sarah Disraeli ...

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The revelation that a long forgotten novel first published anonymously in 1834 is the work of Benjamin Disraeli and his sister Sarah is an exciting literary event. Newly discovered letters between brother and sister prove without doubt that it was written jointly by them. We do not have to look far for the reason for their secrecy. The vividly described election which forms the centrepiece of the
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Genesis of the Shakespearean Works

by Peter D Matthews ...

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This book is the result of fourteen years research scrutinizing thousands of historical documents. Dr Matthews reveals never before seen facts regarding the earliest quartos and the first folio – even new research into the leather cover of the Bodleian first folio and how that particular copy came into the possession of the Turbutt family.Dr Matthews has forensically dated the majority of ... Read more

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by Sebastian Groes, Barry Lewis, Sean Matthews ...

Kazuo Ishiguro is one of the finest contemporary authors who possesses that increasingly rare distinction of being a writer who is both popular with the general reading public and well-respected within the academic community. Kazuo Ishiguro: New Critical Visions of the Novels presents eighteen fresh perspectives on the author's work that will appeal to those who read him for pleasure or for ... Read more

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Modern writers have reconsidered every subject under the sun through the lens of Sherlock Holmes. The overlooked subject is agency: the opportunities available to these women for independence and control. What we find all too often are the silences around ... Read more

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by William Shakespeare, Carl D Atkins ...

Intended for all readers, this exciting, new approach to reading Shakespeare's Sonnets is edited with commentary by Dr. Carl D. Atkins, the editor of the most recent variorum edition, Shakespeare's Sonnets: With Three Hundred Years of Commentary (2007). It is based on the same critical scholarshipwhich earned Atkins acclaim for his variorum (see review below) and the same innovative application of ... Read more

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Intended for all readers, this exciting, new approach to reading Shakespeare's Sonnets is edited with commentary by Dr. Carl D. Atkins, the editor of the most recent variorum edition, Shakespeare's Sonnets: With Three Hundred Years of Commentary (2007). It is based on the same critical scholarshipwhich earned Atkins acclaim for his variorum (see review below) and the same innovative application of
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