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Author : Louis B. Wright
Publisher : Associated University Presse
ISBN 13 : 9780918016553
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Folger Library, Two Decades of Growth written by Louis B. Wright and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 1978-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Folger Shakespeare Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Folger Library written by Folger Shakespeare Library and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen H. Grant
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421411873
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Collecting Shakespeare written by Stephen H. Grant and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014-04-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of Henry and Emily Folger, who acquired the largest and finest collection of Shakespeare in the world. In Collecting Shakespeare, Stephen H. Grant recounts the American success story of Henry and Emily Folger of Brooklyn, a couple who were devoted to each other, in love with Shakespeare, and bitten by the collecting bug. Shortly after marrying in 1885, the Folgers started buying, cataloging, and storing all manner of items about Shakespeare and his era. Emily earned a master's degree in Shakespeare studies. The frugal couple worked passionately as a tight-knit team during the Gilded Age, financing their hobby with the fortune Henry earned as president of Standard Oil Company of New York, where he was a trusted associate of John D. Rockefeller Sr. While a number of American universities offered to house the collection, the Folgers wanted to give it to the American people. Afraid the price of antiquarian books would soar if their names were revealed, they secretly acquired prime real estate on Capitol Hill near the Library of Congress. They commissioned the design and construction of an elegant building with a reading room, public exhibition hall, and the Elizabethan Theatre. The Folger Shakespeare Library was dedicated on the Bard's birthday, April 23, 1932. The library houses 82 First Folios, 275,000 books, and 60,000 manuscripts. It welcomes more than 100,000 visitors a year and provides professors, scholars, graduate students, and researchers from around the world with access to the collections. It is also a vibrant center in Washington, D.C., for cultural programs, including theater, concerts, lectures, and poetry readings. The library provided Grant with unprecedented access to the primary sources within the Folger vault. He draws on interviews with surviving Folger relatives and visits to 35 related archives in the United States and in Britain to create a portrait of the remarkable couple who ensured that Shakespeare would have a beautiful home in America.
Author : Barbara A. Mowat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Romeo and Juliet Folger Shakespeare Library written by Barbara A. Mowat and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud.In this death-filled setting, the movement from love at first sight to the lovers' final union in death seems almost inevitable. And yet, this play set in an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. In part because of its exquisite language, it is easy to respond as if it were about all young lovers.The authoritative edition of Romeo and Juliet from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play-Newly revised explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play-Scene-by-scene plot summaries-A key to the play's famous lines and phrases-An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books-An up-to-date annotated guide to further readingEssay by Gail Kern PasterThe Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.
Author : William Shakespeare
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 928 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Works of William Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1623 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William L. Pressly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300052145
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (521 download)
Download or read book A Catalogue of Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library written by William L. Pressly and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Folger Shakespeare Library contains the finest collection of Shakespearean art ever assembled. Its 200 paintings include scenes from Shakespeare's plays, portraits of the actors, and portraits of the playwright and his contemporaries--works painted by artists including Benjamin West, Henry Fuseli, Thomas Sully, George Romney, and Thomas Nast. This lovely volume is an analysis, history, and catalogue of this important collection. It includes 34 color plates and several hundred b&w figures. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Author : W. Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781417739387
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (393 download)
Download or read book Richard II written by W. Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1988-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic tragedy about the downfall of King Richard II is presented with critical commentary and historical background
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Othello written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lena Cowen Orlin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192661418
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)
Download or read book The Private Life of William Shakespeare written by Lena Cowen Orlin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new biography of William Shakespeare that explores his private life in Stratford-upon-Avon, his personal aspirations, his self-determination, and his relations with the members of his family and his neighbours. The Private Life of William Shakespeare tells the story of Shakespeare in Stratford as a family man. The book offers close readings of key documents associated with Shakespeare and develops a contextual understanding of the genres from which these documents emerge. It reconsiders clusters of evidence that have been held to prove some persistent biographical fables. It also shows how the histories of some of Shakespeare's neighbours illuminate aspects of his own life. Throughout, we encounter a Shakespeare who consciously and with purpose designed his life. Having witnessed the business failures of his merchant father, he determined not to follow his father's model. His early wedding freed him from craft training to pursue a literary career. His wife's work, and probably the assistance of his parents and brothers, enabled him to make the first of the property purchases that grounded his life as a gentleman. With his will, he provided for both his daughters in ways that were suitable to their circumstances; Anne Shakespeare was already protected by dower rights in the houses and lands he had acquired. His funerary monument suggests that the man of 'small Latin and less Greek' in fact had some experience of an Oxford education. Evidences are that he commissioned the monument himself.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (152 download)
Download or read book Othello written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Othello, The Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare based on the short story "Moor of Venice" by Cinthio, believed to have been written in approximately 1603. The work revolves around four central characters: Othello, his wife Desdemona, his lieutenant Cassio, and his trusted advisor Iago. Attesting to its enduring popularity, the play appeared in 7 editions between 1622 and 1705. Because of its varied themes -- racism, love, jealousy and betrayal -- it remains relevant to the present day and is often performed in professional and community theatres alike. The play has also been the basis for numerous operatic, film and literary adaptations. (From Wikipedia)(less)
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Coriolanus written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A military hero of ancient Rome who attempts to shift from his career as a general to become a candidate for public office -- a disastrous move that leads to his heading an attack on Rome. The last of Shakespeare's tragedies, "Coriolanus" is a timeless tale of pride, revenge, and political chicanery.
Author : Andrea Mays
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 143911823X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)
Download or read book The Millionaire and the Bard written by Andrea Mays and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the romantic story of the making of the First Folio, relating how a few years after a virtually unknown Shakespeare died, his former partners, friends and actors gathered his surviving manuscripts, unaware that they would create one of the most important English-language books ever published.
Author : Esther Ferington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Infinite Variety written by Esther Ferington and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history and collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library are the subjects of this beautifully illustrated volume for the popular reader. The story of the Folgers, their collection, and the creation of the Library is told in lively detail, with many photos. A catalog of selected works and events follows with the object or event depicted in a full-page color plates with facing entry. There is no index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Thomas Trevilian
Publisher : Jordan Schnitzer Museum
ISBN 13 : 9780295986593
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (865 download)
Download or read book The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608 written by Thomas Trevilian and published by Jordan Schnitzer Museum. This book was released on 2007 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elaborately decorated commonplace book containing, among other things: Bible verses, calendar of saints' days, lists of concepts (e.g. Nine muses, Seven deadly sins, Nine worthies, Five alls), thumbnail biographies of the pre-Norman rulers of England, decorative initials, crewelwork motifs for caps, designs for mazes and knot gardens, and the mayors of London 1558-1602 with highlights of their time in office.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781075748851
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (488 download)
Download or read book Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library) written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Macbeth ( full title The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606.[a] It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. Of all the plays that Shakespeare wrote during the reign of James I, who was patron of Shakespeare's acting company, Macbeth most clearly reflects the playwright's relationship with his sovereign.[1] It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book, and is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy.
Author : Louis Booker Wright
Publisher : Associated University Presse
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Folger Library written by Louis Booker Wright and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Folger Shakespeare Library
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Total Pages : 128 pages
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Download or read book The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington written by Folger Shakespeare Library and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
