Shakespeare for Students - 3 Volume Set (Hardcover, 2nd Revised ed.)

Shakespeare for Students is an attractive and accessible 3-vol. set of essential criticism to the playwrights most-popularly-studied plays and poetry in secondary schools and undergraduate curricula. The second edition contains updated entries and 4 brand new entries. Youll find a diverse blend of criticism along with plot summaries and character profiles that help further decode these dramatic masterpieces for students. Each detailed, illustrated entry provides: An introduction that provides an overview of the play or poem A plot summary An annotated character list A discussion of the plays principal themes Understandable essays on the plays construction (setting, dialogue, imagery) Historical and cultural context sections that illuminate the plays role in inter-curricular studies Excerpted critical commentary on various facets of the play Extensive theme index A chronology of Shakespeares life, work, and times ...and much more You may also be interested in For Students Online - the complete For Students Collection in eBook format