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• catalog abstract "This engaging book draws on all of Shakespeare's plays to show they can still be used as a guide to life. Introduces beginning students and general readers to Shakespeare's plays by highlighting the connections between the issues addressed by the plays and those of our own time. Focuses on the characters, situations and stories in Shakespeare which are still familiar today. Shows how Shakespeare's plays illustrate some of life's most familiar stories - love and obsession, parents and children, sex and politics, suffering and revenge. Makes Shakespeare's plays accessible to the widest possible audience. The book groups the stories into five broad categories, moving from those concerned with personal identity to those dealing with romance and marriage, family life, politics, and public life. This thematic arrangement makes the plays accessible to the widest possible audience, and helps readers graps the connection between the issues addresssed by the plays and those of our own time. -- Book cover.".
• catalog contributor b12971409.
• catalog created "2004.".
• catalog date "2004".
• catalog date "2004.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
• catalog description "1. Private Life: Shakespeare and Selfhood -- 1. The Divided Self: Comedy of Errors; As You Like It -- 2. Naming of Self: Troilus and Cressida; Romeo and Juliet; Taming of the Shrew -- 3. The Self and Language: Measure for Measure; Troilus and Cressida -- 4. The National Self: Othello; King Lear -- 5. The Self at Play: Love's Labour's Lost; Taming of the Shrew -- 2. Marital Life: Shakespeare and Romance -- 1. Love and Hazard: Merchant of Venice -- 2. Love and Friendship: Two Gentlemen of Verona; Winter's Tale; Two Noble Kinsmen -- 3. Love and Madness: Midsummer Night's Dream; Cymbeline; All's Well that Ends Well; Measure for Measure; Troilus and Cressida -- 4. Marriage and Identity: Comedy of Errors; All's Well that Ends Well; Taming of the Shrew -- 5. Love and Abuse: Taming of the Shrew; Merry Wives of Windsor; Othello; Troilus and Cressida -- 3. Political Life: Shakespeare and Government -- 1. Acting Politics: 3 Henry VI; Richard III; 1 Henry IV; 2 Henry IV; Henry V; Coriolanus; Julius Caesar -- 2. Surviving Politics: Richard II; Macbeth -- 3. The Personal versus the Political: Richard II; 1 and 2 Henry IV; Henry V -- 4. Public Life: Shakespeare and Social Structures -- 1. Money: Macbeth; Merchant of Venice; Romeo and Juliet; Merry Wives of Windsor; Timon of Athens -- 2. Women and Politics: Antony and Cleopatra; King John; Measure for Measure -- 3. Language: Titus Andronicus; Much Ado About Nothing; All's Well that Ends Well -- 5. Real Life: Shakespeare and Suffering -- 1. Mingled Yarns: Twelfth Night; King Lear; Much Ado About Nothing -- 2. Mourning: Hamlet; Twelfth Night -- 3. The Family: King Lear; Macbeth -- 4. Anger and Revenge: Titus Andronicus -- 5. Forgiveness: Pericles; Winter's Tale; Cymbeline; Tempest; Henry VIII; Two Noble Kinsmen.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-234) and index.".
• catalog description "The book groups the stories into five broad categories, moving from those concerned with personal identity to those dealing with romance and marriage, family life, politics, and public life. This thematic arrangement makes the plays accessible to the widest possible audience, and helps readers graps the connection between the issues addresssed by the plays and those of our own time. -- Book cover.".
• catalog description "This engaging book draws on all of Shakespeare's plays to show they can still be used as a guide to life. Introduces beginning students and general readers to Shakespeare's plays by highlighting the connections between the issues addressed by the plays and those of our own time. Focuses on the characters, situations and stories in Shakespeare which are still familiar today. Shows how Shakespeare's plays illustrate some of life's most familiar stories - love and obsession, parents and children, sex and politics, suffering and revenge. Makes Shakespeare's plays accessible to the widest possible audience.".
• catalog extent "xii, 242 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0631229841 (alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "063122985X (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "2004".
• catalog issued "2004.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub.,".
• catalog subject "822.3/3 21".
• catalog subject "PR2976 .M36 2004".
• catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Criticism and interpretation Handbooks, manuals, etc.".
• catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Examinations Study guides.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Private Life: Shakespeare and Selfhood -- 1. The Divided Self: Comedy of Errors; As You Like It -- 2. Naming of Self: Troilus and Cressida; Romeo and Juliet; Taming of the Shrew -- 3. The Self and Language: Measure for Measure; Troilus and Cressida -- 4. The National Self: Othello; King Lear -- 5. The Self at Play: Love's Labour's Lost; Taming of the Shrew -- 2. Marital Life: Shakespeare and Romance -- 1. Love and Hazard: Merchant of Venice -- 2. Love and Friendship: Two Gentlemen of Verona; Winter's Tale; Two Noble Kinsmen -- 3. Love and Madness: Midsummer Night's Dream; Cymbeline; All's Well that Ends Well; Measure for Measure; Troilus and Cressida -- 4. Marriage and Identity: Comedy of Errors; All's Well that Ends Well; Taming of the Shrew -- 5. Love and Abuse: Taming of the Shrew; Merry Wives of Windsor; Othello; Troilus and Cressida -- 3. Political Life: Shakespeare and Government -- 1. Acting Politics: 3 Henry VI; Richard III; 1 Henry IV; 2 Henry IV; Henry V; Coriolanus; Julius Caesar -- 2. Surviving Politics: Richard II; Macbeth -- 3. The Personal versus the Political: Richard II; 1 and 2 Henry IV; Henry V -- 4. Public Life: Shakespeare and Social Structures -- 1. Money: Macbeth; Merchant of Venice; Romeo and Juliet; Merry Wives of Windsor; Timon of Athens -- 2. Women and Politics: Antony and Cleopatra; King John; Measure for Measure -- 3. Language: Titus Andronicus; Much Ado About Nothing; All's Well that Ends Well -- 5. Real Life: Shakespeare and Suffering -- 1. Mingled Yarns: Twelfth Night; King Lear; Much Ado About Nothing -- 2. Mourning: Hamlet; Twelfth Night -- 3. The Family: King Lear; Macbeth -- 4. Anger and Revenge: Titus Andronicus -- 5. Forgiveness: Pericles; Winter's Tale; Cymbeline; Tempest; Henry VIII; Two Noble Kinsmen.".
• catalog title "Studying Shakespeare : a guide to the plays / Laurie E. Maguire.".
• catalog type "text".