Rob Graham Bücher

Shakespeare is help up as a poet who belongs to the whole world, and his work is endlessly translated, plagiarized, and recycled (it must be maddening to miss out on all those royalties through being dead for nearly 400 years). Who could be more deserving of a Crash Course to hold the critical mirror up to the popular myth? Read this little book and brush up on your Bard.• a concise guide to the works of a literary giant• gives a picture of the man behind the words• seasoned with snippets of theatrical gossip and superstition• includes a glossary of Shakespearean terminology

Here's a ticket to instant sophistication for anyone who delves into this loving celebration of theater art, past and present, scripted in a lighthearted but highly instructive voice. Whisked on a world tour, readers have a box seat at events ranging from ancient ritual plays and classic Greek tragedy/comedy through medieval, Elizabethan, Jacobean, Restoration, Mystic, Realist, and Expressionist works. Traditions as diverse as Islamic, Russian, American, French, Irish, African, Scandinavian, Japanese, Chinese, and many others are outlined, taking in every continent and numerous cultures through the ages. Rob Graham is both a senior lecturer on theater and head of film and television studies at Brunel University in England.

Shakespeare je považován za básníka, který patří celému světu. Jeho dílo se stále znovu a znovu překládá, hraje v divadlech, všichni o něm čtou nebo píší nebo obojí. Což takhle projít se bleskově „zákulisím“ Shakespearova života i díla? Dozvíte se, jak asi vypadal, co se o něm povídalo, proč byl tak úspěšný, ale i to, jak se žilo v jeho době či z jakých látek čerpal inspiraci pro své nesmrtelné výtvory. Studenti mohou knihu využít jako výbornou látku pro referáty a pro „opepření“ svých znalostí.