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  • The Elizabethan Mind

    Searching for the Self in an Age of Uncertainty

    de Helen Hackett ...
    The first comprehensive guide to Elizabethan ideas about the mindWhat is the mind? How does it relate to the body and soul? These questions were as perplexing for the Elizabethans as they are for us today—although their answers were often startlingly different. Shakespeare and his contemporaries believed the mind was governed by the humours and passions, and was susceptible to the Devil’s ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Shakespeare and Elizabeth

    The Meeting of Two Myths

    de Helen Hackett ...
    Did William Shakespeare ever meet Queen Elizabeth I? There is no evidence of such a meeting, yet for three centuries writers and artists have been provoked and inspired to imagine it. Shakespeare and Elizabeth is the first book to explore the rich history of invented encounters between the poet and the Queen, and examines how and why the mythology of these two charismatic and enduring cultural ... Leer más

    $47.59 USD

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    de William Shakespeare, Helen Hackett ...
    'He could mingle sublimity with pathos, bitterness with joy and peace and love' Aldous HuxleyIn one of Shakespeare's most perennially popular comedies a young woman, Hermia, flees ancient Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by her would-be husband and her best friend. Unwittingly, all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where fairies and sprites take an interest in human affairs, ... Leer más

    $9.69 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

  • A Short History of English Renaissance Drama

    de Helen Hackett ...
    Series series Short Histories
    Shakespeare is a towering presence in English and indeed global culture. Yet considered alongside his contemporaries he was not an isolated phenomenon, but the product of a period of astonishing creative fertility. This was an age when new media - popular drama and print - were seized upon avidly and inventively by a generation of exceptionally talented writers. In her sparkling new book, Helen ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Early Modern Exchanges

    Dialogues Between Nations and Cultures, 1550-1750

    de Helen Hackett ...
    Series series Transculturalisms, 1400-1700
    Marcus Gheeraerts’s portrait of a ’Persian lady’ - probably in fact an English lady in masquing costume - exemplifies the hybridity of early modern English culture. Her surrounding landscape and the embroidery on her gown are typically English; but her head-dress and slippers are decidedly exotic, the inscriptions beside her are Latin, and her creator was an ’incomer’ artist. She is emblematic of ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

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    The Elizabethan Mind

    Searching for the Self in an Age of Uncertainty

    de Helen Hackett ...
    Narrado por Helen Lloyd ...

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    14 hora 25 minutos

    The first comprehensive guide to Elizabethan ideas about the mindWhat is the mind? How does it relate to the body and soul? These questions were as perplexing for the Elizabethans as they are for us today—although their answers were often startlingly different. Shakespeare and his contemporaries believed the mind was governed by the humors and passions and was susceptible to the Devil’s ... Leer más

    $22.95 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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  • As You Like It

    de William Shakespeare, Katherine Duncan-Jones ...
    'All the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players'Rosalind, banished by her cruel uncle, travels secretly to the Forest of Arden, where her exiled father holds court. There, dressed as a boy to avoid discovery, she encounters the man she loves - now a fellow exile - and resolves to remain in disguise to test his feelings for her. One of Shakespeare's most sunny, fast-paced and ... Leer más

    $9.69 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

  • Richard II

    de William Shakespeare, Paul Edmondson ...
    'Not all the water in the rough rude seaCan wash the balm off from an anointed king'Richard, a vain, despotic ruler, listens only to his flatterers. When his cousin Bolingbroke, previously banished, returns to seize the crown, Richard discovers that the throne given to him by God can be taken from him by men. Depicting a tortured and morally ambivalent soul wearing the 'hollow crown', whose ... Leer más

    $10.69 USD

  • The Winter's Tale

    de William Shakespeare, Paul Edmondson, Russ McDonald ...
    'The work of Shakespeare is virtually infinite' Jorge Luis BorgesA jealous king, convinced that his wife has been unfaithful and is having another man's baby, imprisons her and puts her on trial. The child is abandoned to die, but when she is found and raised by a shepherd, it seems redemption may be possible. A bravura blend of tragedy, comedy and romance, Shakespeare's emotionally potent late ... Leer más

    $9.69 USD

  • Macbeth

    de William Shakespeare, Carol Rutter ...
    'A supreme theatrical poem that has a language that eats into the soul' Michael Billington, GuardianShakeapeare's blood-soaked drama of murder, madness and the uncanny begins as Macbeth is promised a golden future as ruler of Scotland by supernatural forces. Spurred on by his wife, he murders the king to ensure his ambitions come true. But he soon learns the meaning of terror - killing once, he ... Leer más

    $9.69 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

  • King Lear

    de William Shakespeare, Kiernan Ryan ...
    'The most perfect specimen of the dramatic art existing in the world' Percy Bysshe ShelleyShakespeare's bleak and brutal tragedy begins when an ageing king, seeking a successor, rejects the young daughter who loves him and misplaces his trust in her malevolent sisters. In return they strip him of his power and condemn him to a wretched wasteland of horror and insanity. Set in a pitiless universe, ... Leer más

    $9.69 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

  • The Taming of the Shrew

    de William Shakespeare, M. J. Kidnie ...
    'I pity the man who cannot enjoy Shakespeare' George Bernard ShawThe beautiful and witty Katherina has sworn never to accept the demands of any would-be husband. But when she is pursued by the wily Petruchio, it seems that she has finally met her match. As he meets her caustic words with capricious cruelty, Katherina is forced to reconsider her position, in one of the greatest and most contentious ... Leer más

    $10.69 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro