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From Publishers Weekly
A guide to an even more popular author comes from Dick Riley and Pam McAllister (coauthors of The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes): The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Shakespeare. Play by play (and covering the sonnets and long poems), the authors provide a plot summary, "Likely Source of Plot," "Notable Features" (Samuel Johnson and others "refused to believe" that the brutal Titus Andronicus was Shakespeare's work), historic productions, etc. With an engaging blend of homage and irreverence, this book renders accessible the Bard's entire dramatic oeuvre. Illus.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
This browser provides synopses of plays, information about the period in which each play is set, possible plot sources, and notable features and productions of 36 of Shakespeare's plays (Pericles and The Two Noble Kinsmen are not included). Interspersed with chapters on each play are short discussions about topics such as Shakespeare's sonnets, authorship problems, women's roles in 15th- and 16th-century society, and Shakespeare's language. The text is enriched with illustrations, but no references or additional readings are provided. Riley and McAllister also collaborated in The New Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie and The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes. All the information here can be found in other general Shakespeare resources. Shakespeare for Dummies (LJ 7/99), for example, presents the same information with more humor and includes more extensive information about the sonnets and Shakespeare's language for a better price. An alternate purchase for public libraries where there is a need for a brief introduction to the Shakespeare canon. Shana C. Fair, Zanesville Campus Lib., Ohio Univ.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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