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Reading ShakespeareMichael Alexander

Reading Shakespeare

2013184 pages
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In a lively introduction to Shakespeare's life, career and the theatre of his day, Michael Alexander returns to the basics of how to read Shakespeare's works as literary texts. Surveying the most popular and widely-studied plays and sonnets, he elaborates upon the historical, cultural and literary contexts that surrounded their creation.

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3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Red Globe Press · 204 pages · 9781352004366
  • Hardcover · English · 2018
    Red Globe Press · 184 pages · 9781352004427
  • Paperback · English · 2013
    Brand: Palgrave Macmillan · 176 pages · 9780230230132
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