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Title: William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, Deluxe Edition by William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-517-05361-6 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 08 September, 1990 Format: Leather Bound Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.71 (48 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Book for Shelf - Not Terribly Accessible Shakespeare
Comment: I originally bought this book used and later discovered that this was the ideal situation. It is handy to have all of Shakespeare's works (plays and sonnets) under one cover, but there are several drawbacks. Each page is split into two columns, causing the plays to be read like a newspaper. Since linebreaks are important in Shakespeare (remember the iambic pentameter), some lines are too long for the margins, causing the remaining words to hover like ghosts away from the sentence.
Also, this book contains no footnotes. This is mainly how buying the individual play is superior to the collected works. Olde English isn't always intuitive, and this particular book leaves you to find out a word's meaning for yourself.
But this book certainly looks pretty on your shelf. :)
Rating: 5
Summary: A bargain at twice the price!
Comment: Quite simply the greatest writer of all time, Shakespeare belongs on every bookshelf. I have this, and it is a treasure. For those of you who sweated through Shakespeare in high school, give it a try. You might be surprised by some of the stories you never knew. I would gladly have paid fifty bucks for one of these, and was thrilled to get it for twenty in hardcover. If you have kids, this is a must-have. If you don't, get it anyway. Although there are no footnotes, or any attempt to 'translate' King's English into American, I think these things are basically unnecessary. The sonnets also deserve a perusal, but I like the tragedies the best, particularly Julius Caesar and Titus Andronicus.
Rating: 5
Summary: In Defense of Shakespeare
Comment: I must say, after reading the "review" about shakespeare,
the one discussing the "cult of shakespeare"...
What is the point of this posting? It's not a review of the
particular volume, instead it is a rather caustic opinion of
Shakespeare, which focuses on current society's teaching
and appreciation of Shakespeare's works, and not
the actual works themselves. Why is this relevant, and
why has it been posted? Is it entertaining? Are we really
interested in his personal criteria for judging literature?
In defense of Shakespeare and this volume, whether it be
printed nicely or not, to have his works present is better
than to not, even if some might say it's only taking up
shelve space. I've come to his plays later in life, and
of my own volition. I need no glossary or interpreter.
Quite simply, there is a reason that Shakespeare is still
performed, and written about today, and it has nothing
whatsoever to do with this faceless cult conspiracy theory
that this guy is referring to. It doesn't exist.
What does exist is a great body of work which will provide
much pleasure and entertainment. I suggest that the
comments made by the cult conspiracy guy be taken with a grain
of salt. Some people just can't accept greatness in others,
even if they are dead, and must convince themselves that
the greatness is imagined.
Long Live Shakespeare (cult member since 2003)
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Title: Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Works, Deluxe Edition by Edgar Allan Poe ISBN: 0517053586 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 03 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Charles Dickens Four Complete Novels (Great Expectations, Hard Times, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities) by Charles Dickens ISBN: 0517053608 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 03 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: A Dictionary of Who, What, and Where in Shakespeare by Sandra Clark ISBN: 0844257575 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe by Edgar Allan Poe ISBN: 0385074077 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 15 August, 1984 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Mark Twain: Four Complete Novels by Mark Twain ISBN: 0517092891 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 23 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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