Antony and Cleopatra Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553212893 ISBN-13: 9780553212891 Publisher: Bantam Classics OUR PRICE: $6.26 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: January 1988 Annotation: A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters--the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is a man torn between pleasure and virtue, between sensual indolence and duty . . . between an empire and love. Bold, rich, and splendid in its setting and emotions, "Antony And Cleopatra ranks among Shakespeare's supreme achievements. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Drama - Drama | Shakespeare - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 822.33 |
LCCN: 87024094 |
Lexile Measure: 800 |
Series: Bantam Classics |
Physical Information: 0.97" H x 4.23" W x 6.93" (0.40 lbs) 186 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters--the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is a man torn between pleasure and virtue, between sensual indolence and duty . . . between an empire and love. Bold, rich, and splendid in its setting and emotions, Antony And Cleopatra ranks among Shakespeare's supreme achievements. |