Julius Caesar Manual (Access to Shakespeare) - Softcover
This manual offers a wealth of instructional tools, including background information on Shakespeare's sources, his life, his theater, and stage directions; suggestions for teaching the play; detailed summaries of every scene; questions and answers for every act; an annotated bibliography; a guide to pronouncing proper names; a Shakespearean time line; and and alphabetical glossary of terms.
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From the Publisher:
Are you frustrated by obscure words and unidiomatic phrases in Shakespeare's plays? The new "Access to Shakespeare" series removes the mystery, not the magic, from JULIUS CAESAR, and makes reading or studying a breeze. This translation of JULIUS CAESAR into contemporary English -- alongside the original text -- has modernized the difficult passages and expressions which used to make Shakespeare's language such heavy weather.
About the Author:
This unique translation is NOT a literal-minded prose version. It retains the feel and the rhythm of the original, letting you experience the play in the same enjoyable way an Elizabethan audience did. The text is immediately clear to today's readers, making those tedious footnotes unnecessary. You'll find easy-to-follow line numbering, and a glossary of place names and mythological references.
Are you a high school or junior-college student working on an assignment? Do you wish to preview the play before a performance, or are you perhaps learning English as a Second Language? This translation is ideal for you. You will never again hesitate to read THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR because you're mystified by such lines as, "Doth not Brutus bootless kneel?" The facing page of this edition of JULIUS CAESAR makes clear what Shakespeare meant, "Didn't Brutus kneel in vain?
The translation reads like a modern book and it's fascinating.
Jonnie Patricia Mobley, Ph.D., editor and translator of the new "Access to Shakespeare" series, has taught theatre and drama at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, California, and has directed the community theater there.
Because of her extensive theatrical experience, Dr. Mobley is familiar with the hesitation of modern readers to "tackle" Shakespeare. She recognized a great need to make it easier for students and adults alike to understand obscure words and phrases in THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR. This, in turn, gave rise to the creation of the translation into contemporary English.
To make additional in-depth information on JULIUS CAESAR available, this manual/study guide was created. It is Dr. Mobley's wish that modern readers enjoy this play in the same way an Elizabethan audience did.
Jonnie Patricia Mobley is also the author of "Play Production Today" (ISBN 0844257753) and "The Dictionary of Theatre and Drama Terms" (ISBN 0844253332).
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- PublisherLorenz Educational Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1885564058
- ISBN 13 9781885564054
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages48
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