An Introduction to Shakespeare: 8 Plays, Selected Sonnets

by William Shakespeare

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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Richard II by William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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King Lear by William Shakespeare

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought {Sonnet 30} by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 55: Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments (Interpreting Literature - 5th Edition) by William Shakespeare

Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore (included in The Norton Introduction to Literature - 5th Edition) by William Shakespeare

No longer mourn for me when I am dead - Sonnet 71 (from The Norton Anthology of English Literature Volume 1) by William Shakespeare

That time of year thou mayst in me behold (included in The Norton Introduction to Literature - 5th Edition) by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 97 by William Shakespeare

Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul - Sonnet 107 by William Shakespeare

When in the chronicle of wasted time - Sonnet 106 (from The Norton Anthology of English Literature Volume 1) by William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare

Two loves I have of comfort and despair - Sonnet 144 (from The Norton Anthology of English Literature Volume 1) by William Shakespeare

Poor soul, the center of my sinful earth - Sonnet 146 by William Shakespeare

When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes {Sonnet 29} by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 33: Full Many a Glorious Morning Have I Seen (Interpreting Literature - 5th Edition) by William Shakespeare

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This is the book compiled by David M Bevington, PH.D. and Hardin Craig.

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Contains an Introduction, What is Known About Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Text, Licensing, Elizabethan Theater, Shakespeare and the Actors, Order of Shakespeare's Plays, Shakespeare's Sources, Shakespeare's Work. Next contains Romeo and Juliet, the Tragedy of King Richard the Second, the First Part of King Henry the Fourth, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night or What You Will, Hamlet Prince of Denmark, King Lear, and the Tempest. Finally contains sonnets 12, 18, 29, 30, 33, 55, 60, 64, 65, 71, 73, 87, 94, 97, 104, 106, 107, 109, 116, 144, and 146. Then the Index. Footnotes explaining vocabulary are included throughout the book.

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