Falstaff

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501164155
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Falstaff by : Harold Bloom

Download or read book Falstaff written by Harold Bloom and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Harold Bloom, one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our time comes “a timely reminder of the power and possibility of words [and] the last love letter to the shaping spirit of Bloom’s imagination” (front page, The New York Times Book Review) and an intimate, wise, deeply compelling portrait of Falstaff—Shakespeare’s greatest enduring and complex comedic characters. Falstaff is both a comic and tragic central protagonist in Shakespeare’s three Henry plays: Henry IV, Parts One and Two, and Henry V. He is companion to Prince Hal (the future Henry V), who loves him, goads, him, teases him, indulges his vast appetites, and commits all sorts of mischief with him—some innocent, some cruel. Falstaff can be lewd, funny, careless of others, a bad creditor, an unreliable friend, and in the end, devastatingly reckless in his presumption of loyalty from the new King. Award-winning author and esteemed professor Harold Bloom writes about Falstaff with the deepest compassion and sympathy and also with unerring wisdom. He uses the relationship between Falstaff and Hal to explore the devastation of severed bonds and the heartbreak of betrayal. Just as we encounter one type of Anna Karenina or Jay Gatsby when we are young adults and another when we are middle-aged, Bloom writes about his own shifting understanding of Falstaff over the course of his lifetime. Ultimately we come away with a deeper appreciation of this profoundly complex character, and this “poignant work” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) as a whole becomes an extraordinarily moving argument for literature as a path to and a measure of our humanity. Bloom is mesmerizing in the classroom, wrestling with the often tragic choices Shakespeare’s characters make. “In this first of five books about Shakespearean personalities, Bloom brings erudition and boundless enthusiasm” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) and his exhilarating Falstaff invites us to look at a character as a flawed human who might live in our world.

The Real Falstaff

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Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1844687740
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)

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Book Synopsis The Real Falstaff by : Stephen Cooper

Download or read book The Real Falstaff written by Stephen Cooper and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historical study examines the life and military accomplishments of the medieval knight who inspired one of Shakespeare’s most beloved characters. One of the most famous English knights of the Hundred Years War, Sir John Fastolf is widely thought to be a model for Shakespeare’s immortal character, Sir John Falstaff. In The Real Falstaff, historian Stephen Cooper examines the link in full, shedding light on his story as well as the declining English fortunes during the last phase of the Hundred Years War. Witnessing both the triumphs of Henry V, and the disasters of the 1450s, Fastolf was one of the last of the brave but often brutal English soldiers who made their careers waging war in France. Cooper retraces the entire course of Fastolf’s long life, putting special focus on his many campaigns. A vivid picture of the old soldier emerges and of the French wars in which he played such a prominent part. But the author also explores Fastolf’s legacy, his connection to the Paston family—famous for the Paston letters—and the use Shakespeare made of Fastolf’s name, career, and character when he created Sir John Falstaff.

Falstaff

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521280167
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (81 download)

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Book Synopsis Falstaff by : James A. Hepokoski

Download or read book Falstaff written by James A. Hepokoski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1983-11-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compact, up-to-date guide to the history and construction of Verdi's last - and possibly greatest - opera.

Fortunes of Falstaff

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521092463
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (924 download)

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Book Synopsis Fortunes of Falstaff by : John Dover Wilson

Download or read book Fortunes of Falstaff written by John Dover Wilson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1979-08-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Dover Wilson examines Falstaff's role in the two parts of Henry IV and his relationship to the Prince. Like most other Shakespearean scholars he had accepted, Bradley's portrait as shown in The Rejection of Falstaff, until (as he writes) he 'began checking it with yet another portrait - that which I found in the pages of Shakespeare himself. As the result of much recent work on the two parts of Henry IV, a new Falstaff stands before me, as fascinating as Bradley's, certainly quite as human, but different; and beside him stands a still more unexpected Prince Hal. The discovery throws all my previous ideas out of focus.' As the reviewer in the Times Literary Supplement wrote, Falstaff 'is no hero, as the romantics have tried to make him out, nor is he merely a typical and traditional stage-butt. But he is Falstaff riding for a fall; and when he takes his toss he is up again in still unconquerable effrontery and humour ... The Prince as we watch him through Dr Dover Wilson's eyes growing in grace, first in chivalry and then in justice, we do more than observe the making of a hero-king. We get to know a very lovable, faulty, generous, noble-minded young man; and a character in the play whose scenes are so far from being mere padding between Falstaff's that the whole is seen as a masterpiece of construction.'

Falstaff

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Falstaff by : Giuseppe Verdi

Download or read book Falstaff written by Giuseppe Verdi and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Falstaff. (Lyrische Comoedie in 3 Acten. Uebers. von V. J. Novotni. Musik von G. Verdi.)

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Book Synopsis Falstaff. (Lyrische Comoedie in 3 Acten. Uebers. von V. J. Novotni. Musik von G. Verdi.) by : Arrigo Boito

Download or read book Falstaff. (Lyrische Comoedie in 3 Acten. Uebers. von V. J. Novotni. Musik von G. Verdi.) written by Arrigo Boito and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fairy Godmurder

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ISBN 13 : 9781645541479
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (414 download)

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Book Synopsis Fairy Godmurder by : Sarah Sover

Download or read book Fairy Godmurder written by Sarah Sover and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gwendolyn Evenshine thought being a fairy godmother would be cut and dried-take on a charge, solve a royal problem, and return to the Academy for her next assignment. But she got too close. When the beloved Princess Francesca is brutally murdered on her watch, Gwen refuses to resume her fairy godmother duties. Instead, she laces her docs and hits the streets of Boston in search of the bastard who took Frankie from her, a serial killer who operates in lunar cycles. But Gwen's magic is on the fritz, and bodies are piling up. Gwen enlists the talents of Chessa Moon, an upbeat pixie crime blogger who will do anything for a scoop. Together, they open new leads as they race against the hunter's moon. As the killer hits closer and closer to home, Gwen is forced to confront her past and nail the killer, or she'll lose more than just her shot at vengeance-she'll lose the only person in her life worth a damn.

Falstaff

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501164139
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Falstaff by : Harold Bloom

Download or read book Falstaff written by Harold Bloom and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Harold Bloom writes about Falstaff with the deepest compassion and sympathy and also with unerring wisdom. He uses the relationship between Falstaff and Hal to explore the devastation of severed bonds and the heartbreak of betrayal. Just as we encounter one type of Anna Karenina or Jay Gatsby when we are young adults and another when we are middle-aged, Bloom writes about his own shifting understanding of Falstaff over the course of his lifetime. Ultimately we come away with a deeper appreciation of this profoundly complex character, and the book as a whole becomes an extraordinarily moving argument for literature as a path to and a measure of our humanity"--Publisher's description.

Falstaff

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Publisher : Alma Books
ISBN 13 : 0714544973
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (145 download)

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Book Synopsis Falstaff by : Giuseppe Verdi

Download or read book Falstaff written by Giuseppe Verdi and published by Alma Books. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lyric comedy unlike any other', wrote Verdi about his last opera. That the last work of a composer who was almost notorious for his preference for tragic and gloomy subjects should be a brilliant human comedy was and remains one of the wonders of music. Michael Rose considers its status in Italian comic opera tradition. Davis Cairns pours his enthusiasm for the piece into a detailed and illuminating musical analysis. Andrew Porter, whose translation almost matches Boito's original libretto for elegance and wit, explains the challenges and risks of the undertaking in his fascinating introduction.Contents: Introduction, Nicholas John; 'A Lyric Comedy Unlike Any Other', Michael Rose; 'Full of Nimble, Fiery and Delectable Shapes', David Cairns; Translating 'Falstaff', Andrew Porter; Falstaff: Libretto by Arrigo Boito; Falstaff: English Translation by Andrew Porter

Year of the Fat Knight

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Publisher : Nick Hern Books
ISBN 13 : 9781848425675
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (256 download)

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Book Synopsis Year of the Fat Knight by : Antony Sher

Download or read book Year of the Fat Knight written by Antony Sher and published by Nick Hern Books. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback. The acclaimed account of researching and playing one of the greatest roles in English drama.

Falstaff

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Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1434403343
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (344 download)

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Book Synopsis Falstaff by : Frank J. Morlock

Download or read book Falstaff written by Frank J. Morlock and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank J. Morlock has produced a play based on that great comic character, Falstaff, with scenes taken from William Shakespeare's Henry IV cycle and The Merry Wives of Windsor, William Kendrick's Falstaff's Wedding, and John Dennis's The Comical Gallant, plus original material by Morlock himself. A dramatic and comedic triumph!

Verdi's Falstaff

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Publisher : Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1102009458
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Verdi's Falstaff by : Burton D. Fisher

Download or read book Verdi's Falstaff written by Burton D. Fisher and published by Opera Journeys Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-30 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Life of Sir John Falstaff

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
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Book Synopsis The Life of Sir John Falstaff by : Robert Barnabas Brough

Download or read book The Life of Sir John Falstaff written by Robert Barnabas Brough and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The plan of this work [is] ... to illustrate the life of Sir John Falstaff exclusively from the most striking passages in his career, as invented by Shakespeare"--Preface

The Devil Makes Three

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ISBN 13 : 9781645541240
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (412 download)

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Book Synopsis The Devil Makes Three by : Lucy Blue

Download or read book The Devil Makes Three written by Lucy Blue and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A successful novelist who wants to do more than just write scary stories. A young widow who thinks there is no escape from a life she never imagined. A plantation house with dark secrets that infect every corner of a small South Carolina town. Will Jacob McGinnas' dream house become a nightmare for him and everyone he cares about? In 1837, Briarwood Plantation was abandoned when Ezra Woodbine slaughtered his fianceé's entire family. Now, after nearly two centuries, life returns to Briarwood. But for how long? Serena Decatur is a thirty-year-old Black woman trapped in a life she never asked for. Widowed, underemployed, drowning in debt, she is living with her in-laws in the small town where she grew up. Bestselling horror author Jacob McGinnas wants to dig into the secrets of Briarwood and write a new book, perhaps the literary masterwork that will etch his name in the lists of great authors. But as he enlists Serena's help in bringing Briarwood back to life, they uncover a gruesome history of hatred and evil in Saxon County that extends far beyond the gates of the plantation and through time all the way to the present. Serena learns horrible truths about the town, her family, and their connection to Briarwood. Jacob's writer's block is shattered and he feels a bond with Briarwood and those who lived there. But is that bond imagined, or is it something real, something much darker? For there is a power long dormant on the grounds of Briarwood, and it seems to be stirring. When it wakes, will anything of the town survive? 

Rereading Shakespeare's Prince Hal and Falstaff

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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1036409678
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (364 download)

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Book Synopsis Rereading Shakespeare's Prince Hal and Falstaff by : John Hardy

Download or read book Rereading Shakespeare's Prince Hal and Falstaff written by John Hardy and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2024-09-13 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two Henry IV plays, described as “the twin summits of Shakespeare’s achievement”, feature the unlikely friendship of Prince Hal and Falstaff. This book further analyzes their relationship. Past performances and criticism have often presented Falstaff, arguably the world’s greatest comic character, as too much of a clown. Shakespeare works from different moral centres to give each main character his due. Though Falstaff is rejected by Prince Hal as Henry V, his voice, representing Eastcheap’s seamier, more human side of existence, cannot ultimately be denied. After his death, the Hostess of the tavern in Eastcheap associates Falstaff, one of the City’s own, with Britain’s legendary past.

Shakespeare on Stage

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Publisher : Nick Hern Books
ISBN 13 : 9781848420779
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (27 download)

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Book Synopsis Shakespeare on Stage by : Julian Curry

Download or read book Shakespeare on Stage written by Julian Curry and published by Nick Hern Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen leading actors take us behind the scenes, each recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare's major roles. * Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus in Deborah Warner's visceral RSC production * Judi Dench on being directed by Franco Zeffirelli as a twenty-three-year-old Juliet * Ralph Fiennes on Shakespeare's least sympathetic hero Coriolanus * Rebecca Hall on Rosalind in As You Like It, directed by her father, Sir Peter * Derek Jacobi on his hilariously poker-backed Malvolio for Michael Grandage * Jude Law on his Hamlet, a palpable hit in the West End and on Broadway * Adrian Lester on a modern-dress Henry V at the National, during the invasion of Iraq * Ian McKellen on his Macbeth, opposite Judi Dench in Trevor Nunn's RSC production * Helen Mirren on a role she was born for, and has played three times: Cleopatra * Tim Pigott-Smith on Leontes in Peter Hall's Restoration Winter's Tale at the National * Kevin Spacey on his high-tech, modern-dress Richard II * Patrick Stewart on Prospero in Rupert Goold's arctic Tempest for the RSC * Penelope Wilton on Isabella in Jonathan Miller's 'chamber' Measure for Measure The actors discuss their characters, working through the play scene by scene, with refreshing candour and in forensic detail. The result is a masterclass on playing each role, invaluable for other actors and directors, as well as students of Shakespeare - and fascinating for audiences of the plays. Together, the interviews give one of the most comprehensive pictures yet of these characters in performance, and of the choices that these great actors have made in bringing them thrillingly to life. 'These passages of times remembered contribute vividly to the sense of a teemingly creative period when Shakespeare seemed to have been rediscovered.' Trevor Nunn, from his Foreword

The Life of Sir John Falstaff

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Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis The Life of Sir John Falstaff by : Robert B. Brough

Download or read book The Life of Sir John Falstaff written by Robert B. Brough and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: