Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
"Brilliant, beautifully organized, exceedingly readable." —Philip Roth
World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright's insight into bad (and often mad) rulers.
Examining the psyche—and psychoses—of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the
...Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Shakespearean is a rich, brilliant and superbly drawn portrait of an extraordinary artist, one of the greatest writers who ever lived. Through an enthralling narrative, ranging widely in time and space, McCrum seeks to understand Shakespeare within his historical context while also exploring the secrets of literary inspiration, and examining the nature of creativity itself. Witty and insightful, he makes a passionate and deeply personal case that...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1597, Shakespeare debuted his newest play, a tragedy about a young Italian couple whose families were sworn enemies. Romeo and Juliet quickly became one of the most famous couples in literary history, and this play became one of Shakespeare's most performed shows. But did you know that much of Romeo and Juliet's story was adapted from tales by other writers? Learn all about how William Shakespeare's dynamic and romantic teenage duo sprouted from...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
36 p. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the stories of seven Shakespeare plays by including actual dialogue in the illustrations, summarizing the plots in picture captions, and showing the comments and actions of audience members on the sides and bottom of the pages.
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This video lecture focuses on William Shakespeare's range within his works and how those works still awe people today, more than four centuries after his death.
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
172 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Retells the second Star Wars film, reimagining the saga of a brooding young hero, a power-mad emperor, and their jesting droids as they match wits, struggle for power, and soliloquize in elegant iambic pentameter.
Author
Publisher
Wilton Circle Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
341 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Argues that the works attributed to William Shakespeare were actually written by Mary Sidney Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke, a woman at the forefront of the literary movement in Elizabethan England, yet forbidden to write for the stage because of her gender.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
vii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations : 24 cm
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
"As we witness monuments of white Western history fall, many are asking how is Shakespeare still relevant? Professor Farah Karim-Cooper has dedicated her career to the Bard, which is why she wants to take the playwright down from his pedestal to unveil a Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. If we persist in reading Shakespeare as representative of only one group, as the very pinnacle of the white Western canon, then he will truly be in peril....
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Pueblo Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request