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    Shakespeare's Major Plays Volume 1

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    Cheryl Taylor, James Cook University

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    ISBN 13: 9780645951622

    Publisher: James Cook University

    Language: English

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    Reviewed by Jason Parks, Professor of English, Anderson University on 7/23/24

    As an introductory book for three of Shakespeare's plays (Hamlet, As You Like It, and Romeo and Juliet), this textbook provides full texts of each play and supplemental material. However, with all of the resources available on these plays, there's... read more

    Table of Contents

    • Front Matter
    • Introduction: Beyond the Bard
    • Part I. As You Like It: Shakespeare's 'Drama of Happiness'
    • Part II. Romeo and Juliet: 'The Greatest Love Story Ever Told'
    • Part III. Hamlet: 'A Murder Most Foul, Strange and Unnatural'
    • Postscript
    • Appendix: Hamlet Resources
    • Works Cited
    • Versioning History

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    About the Book

    This book is designed to assist upper secondary school and first and second-year university students in their reading and understanding of Shakespeare's plays. The plays selected for discussion are those that students are most likely to encounter in their early adventures with Shakespeare. Each discussion provides guidance on issues raised by each play and suggests approaches from which students can build original ideas and insights. The book contains interactive exercises that are designed to assist students to understand and remember the characters, plots and structures of Shakespeare's plays. The book contains free full text copies of the plays. Volume 1 includes As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.

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    Author

    Before retiring in 2006, Cheryl Taylor lectured in English and other literatures at James Cook University in Townsville. From 2008 to 2016 she lectured as an adjunct research fellow in the School of Humanities at Griffith University. She is a co-founder of the AustLit subset, Writing the Tropical North, and a recipient of the University of Queensland’s Fryer Library Award. In 2019 she and her husband, Norman, returned to Townsville to be near their son, Mike. She has edited books and published articles on Middle English, Medieval Latin and Australian literature. In 2017 she edited Thea Astley: Selected Poems for University of Queensland Press. Cheryl is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Centre for Arts, Society and Education at James Cook University, and a Reviews Editor for JASAL (Journal for the Study of Australian Literature).

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