Timon of Athens has struck many readers as rough and unpolished, perhaps even unfinished, though to others it has appeared as Shakespeare's most profound tragic allegory.
Exiled by Duke Fredrick, who has seized her father's throne, the witty and vivacious Rosalind disguises herself as a shepherd and flees to the Forest of Arden along with her cousin Celia and the court jester Touchstone.
With summaries, discussions, and excerpts from primary source documents, this book examines Shakespeare's world through careful consideration of the historical background of four of his comedies.
Curating material from Applauses Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two by John Russell Brown, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends by Neil Freeman, The Applause Shakespeare Library, and Applause First Folio Editions, weve created the must-have workbook series for Shakespeare plays.
Curating material from Applauses Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two by John Russell Brown, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends by Neil Freeman, The Applause Shakespeare Library, and Applause First Folio Editions, weve created the must-have workbook series for Shakespeare plays.
Hospitality to strangers has become an increasingly prevalent topic in recent years, from political upheavals resulting in the displacement of millions of people, to the emergence of our collective obligations towards strangers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Hospitality to strangers has become an increasingly prevalent topic in recent years, from political upheavals resulting in the displacement of millions of people, to the emergence of our collective obligations towards strangers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Reissuing works originally published between 1933 and 1993, Routledge Library Editions: Shakespeare in Performance offers a selection of scholarship on the Bard's work on stage.
▪ Goethe und seine ZeitDie Leiden des jungen WertherWilhelm Meisters LehrjahreDer Briefwechsel zwischen Schiller und GoetheSchillers Theorie der modernen LiteraturHölderlins Hyperion▪ Faust-StudienZur EntstehungsgeschichteDas Drama der MenschengattungFaust und MephistophelesDie Gretchen-TragödieStilfragen: Das Ende der ‹Kunstperiode›▪ Thomas MannAuf der Suche nach dem BürgerDie Tragödie der modernen KunstDas Spielerische und seine Hintergründe▪ Enzyklopädisches Stichwort: Bemerkungen über den bürgerlichen Realismus hinaus▪ Quellennachweis▪ Personen- und Sachregister▪ Verzeichnis der erwähnten Werke
The tragedy Cato was written by Joseph Addison in 1712 and recounts the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis, a Stoic who was always resistant to Julius Caesar's tyranny and an icon of republicanism, virtue, and liberty.
