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Essential Shakespeare Handbook: The Definitive, Fully Illustrated Guide to the World's Greatest Playwright and H - Softcover

Dunton-Downer, Leslie; Riding, Alan

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9781465402264: Essential Shakespeare Handbook: The Definitive, Fully Illustrated Guide to the World's Greatest Playwright and H
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1465402268 ISBN 13: 9781465402264
Publisher: DK, 2013

Synopsis

From Hamlet and The Tempest to Henry V and Romeo and Juliet, the Essential Shakespeare Handbook is a user-friendly, beautifully illustrated guide to every play in the Shakespearean canon, as well as a compelling portrait of the Bard's life.

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About the Author

Leslie Dunton-Downer received a PhD with Distinction in comparative literature from Harvard. She has served as a lecturer at her alma mater, and is a trustee of the Harvard Advocate and a member of the Society of Fellows. She was a 2014 fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. She is the coauthor, with Alan Riding, of DK’s Essential Shakespeare Handbook and Eyewitness Companions: Opera, and the author of The English Is Coming!: How One Language Is Sweeping the World.

For 12 years, Alan Riding was the European cultural correspondent for the New York Times. He was previously bureau chief for the Times in Paris, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, and Mexico City. Riding is the author of And the Show Went On and Distant Neighbors: A Portrait of the Mexicans. He lives in Paris with his wife, Marlise Simons, a writer for the Times.

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Publisher
DK
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1465402268
ISBN 13 
9781465402264
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
480
Rating
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