Love's Labour's Lost - Couverture souple

Shakespeare, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0141396431 ISBN 13 : 9780141396439

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

William Shakespeare's comedy Love's Labours Lost is edited with an introduction by John Kerrigan in Penguin Shakespeare.'What fool is not so wiseTo lose an oath to win a paradise?'Ferdinand, King of Navarre and his lords Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville agree to form an austere academy, taking a solemn to have no contact with women for three years. But when the Princess of neighbouring France arrives with her female attendants, their pledge is quickly placed under strain. Soon all are smitten and confusion abounds, as each struggles to secretly declare his love in this comedy of deception, desire and mistaken identity.This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to Love's Labours Lost, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced, including Romeo and Juliet (1595), Henry V (1599), Hamlet (1601), Othello (1604), King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606), as well as a collection of 154 sonnets, which number among the most profound and influential love poetry in English.If you enjoyed Love's Labours Lost, you might like The Merry Wives of Windsor, also available in Penguin Shakespeare.'The most beautiful of Shakespeare's comedies'Kenneth Branagh

Biographie de l'auteur :

William Shakespeare was born in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and died in 1616. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.John Kerrigan is a lecturer in English at Cambridge University.Nick Walton is Shakespeare Courses Development Manager at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0141396431
• ISBN 13: 9780141396439
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288