| As You Like It Updated Edition Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author), Hattaway, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521519748 ISBN-13: 9780521519748 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $73.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: William Shakespeare (1564 1616) is the most influential writer in English history. Shakespeare has been called The Barb of Avon and Englands national poet. There are 2 narrative poems, 154 sonnets and 38 plays in his collected works. He began work as an actor and writer in London first writing comedies and historic plays. He later wrote tragedies. Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and Othello are some of his more famous plays. As you Lie It is a pastoral comedy set primarily in the forest of Arden. A duke is exiled by his cruel brother, who later banishes his daughter as well. The action switches from the court to the forest where the exiles and friends wander in a maze of romances and mixed identities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare - History - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| LCCN: 2009025024 |
| Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.05 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Shakespeare's As You Like It can appear bright or sombre in performance: a feast of language and a delight for comic actors; or a risk-taking exploration of gender roles. This updated edition provides an account of what makes this popular play both innocent and dangerous. There is a section on recent critical, stage and film interpretations of the play, an updated reading list and a new appendix on an early court performance of As You Like It in 1599. Mapping the complexities of the play's setting - a no man's land related to both France and England, the edition also includes detailed commentary on its language and an analytical account of performance. |