All's Well That Ends Well - Couverture souple

Shakespeare, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0671722549 ISBN 13 : 9780671722548

Editeur : Washington Square Pr, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Shakespeare William

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community. William probably went to the King’s New School in Stratford, but he had no university education. In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna. She was born on May 26, 1583. Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585. By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London working as an actor and already known as a playwright. A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as “an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers.” Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men (later under James I, called the King’s Men). In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain’s Men built and occupied the Globe Theater in Southwark near the Thames River. Here many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin. In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble Kinsmen, and he wrote poems, including Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. His 154 sonnets were published, probably without his authorization, in 1609. In 1611 or 1612 he gave up his lodgings in London and devoted more and more time to retirement in Stratford, though he continued writing such plays as The Tempest and Henry VII until about 1613. He died on April 23 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. No collected edition of his plays was published during his life-time, but in 1623 two members of his acting company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, put together the great collection now called the First Folio.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Webster's paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running English-to-Irish thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare was edited for three audiences. The first includes Irish-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a TOEFL� or TOEIC� preparation program. The second audience includes English-speaking students enrolled in bilingual education programs or Irish speakers enrolled in English-speaking schools. The third audience consists of students who are actively building their vocabularies in Irish in order to take foreign service, translation certification, Advanced Placement� (AP�) or similar examinations. By using the Webster's Irish Thesaurus Edition when assigned for an English course, the reader can enrich their vocabulary in anticipation of an examination in Irish or English.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Washington Square Pr
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0671722549
• ISBN 13: 9780671722548
• Reliure: Poche
• Éditeur: Mowat Barbara A., Werstine Paul
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible