9 livres semblables à Sonnets
Le Marchand de Venise
In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. When Antonio's business falters, repayment becomes impossible--and by the terms of the loan agreement, Shylock is able to demand a pound of…
Thèmes communs : Problems, Bibliography, Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism
Rimes
Rime ice, ice that forms when water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects, such as trees.
Thèmes communs : English Sonnets, Bibliography, Criticism and interpretation, Poetry
Richard II
"Richard is King. A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years"--Container.
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Richard III
"containing his treacherous plots against his brother Clarence, the pittiefull murther of his innocent nephewes, his tyrannicall usurpation, with the whole course of his detested life and most deserved death"
(Subtitle of the 1597 edition.)
Thèmes communs : Quartos, Problems, Bibliography
Périclès
This book includes a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a seperate introduction to Pericles, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary.
Thèmes communs : Quartos, Bibliography, Criticism and interpretation
Les Contes de Canterbury
A collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In a long list of works, including Troilus and Criseyde,…
Thèmes communs : English Narrative poetry, Poetry, Biography & Memoir
Henri IV, deuxième partie
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Summer festival, June 27th to September 10th, 1932. "The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, containing his death, and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth," by William Shakespeare. The prologue will be spoken by Eugene Wellesley and the epilogue by Hilda Coxhead.
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Mesure pour mesure
This play examines the nature of mercy and justice, proposing that a good government is one that is flexible and based on common sense.
Thèmes communs : Problems, Bibliography
Peines d'amour perdues
Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
Thèmes communs : Quartos, Bibliography