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Reading Shakespeare

Reading Shakespeare

Michael Alexander

About this book

In a lively introduction to Shakespeare's life, career and the theatre of his day, Michael Alexander returns to the basics of how to read Shakespeare's works as literary texts. Surveying the most popular and widely-studied plays and sonnets, he elaborates upon the historical, cultural and literary contexts that surrounded their creation.

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OL Work ID
OL20595467W

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LITERARY CRITICISM / RenaissanceExaminationsDRAMA / ShakespeareLITERARY CRITICISM / ShakespeareStudy guidesCriticism and interpretationShakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretationDrama

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