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SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORIES:
Chivalry in Shakespeare
2008-2009
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First Semester: The Major Tetralogy (covering the period from
1398-1420):
Richard II
(New Folger Library/Mass Market, 1996);
Henry IV, Part 1
(New Folger Library/Mass Market, 1994); ***This
book is currently listed as
out-of-print;
however, amazon.com offers a wide selection of used and "like-new" copies of
the
same text;
Henry IV, Part 2
(New Folger Library/Mass Market, 1999); and
Henry V (New Folger Library/Mass Market, 1995); ***This book is currently listed as out-of-print;
however,
amazon.com offers a wide selection of used and "like-new" copies of the same
text;
Second semester: The Minor
Tetralogy (covering the period from 1422-1485):
The
first three plays are available in a single, economical volume under the title:
Henry VI, Parts
1-3 (Penguin/Mass Market, 1989).
Richard III is
available in a separate Penguin Edition (Penguin, 2000; ISBN: 0140714839).
Any and all of these books may be examined and/or
purchased now online for a discount of 20-30%. Simply click on the blue title above
for a direct link to Amazon.com. For those who may have qualms about using
amazon.com or other online booksellers, please allow me to reassure you. I
have purchased literally hundreds of books through amazon (new & used) and other
online booksellers over the past eight years, and I am 100% pleased with their
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THE BEST OF THE BARD
Seven Plays & All the Sonnets
2009-2010
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First Semester: * Midsummer
Night's Dream, in Four Comedies,
reprint ed. (Penguin USA, 1995; ISBN 0140434542); * Romeo &
Juliet, ed. Peter Holland (Penguin USA, 2000; ISBN 0140714847); * Twelfth Night,
in Four
Comedies, reprint ed. (Penguin US, 1995; ISBN 0140434542) [This is the same edition
used for Midsummer Night's Dream and As You Like It]; King Lear,
in edited by S. Barnet, in * Four Great
Tragedies (Mass Market, 1998; ISBN 0451527291) [This is the same edition used
for Hamlet and Macbeth in Shakespeare I].
Second semester:
* As You Like
It, in Four
Comedies, reprint ed. (Penguin USA, 1995; ISBN 0140434542); * Othello, in Four Great
Tragedies (Mass Market, 1998; ISBN 0451527291) [This is the same edition used
for Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear]; * The Tempest,
ed. Alfred Harbage and Northrup Frye, reprint ed. (Penguin USA, 1989; ISBN 0140714154):
NOTE: This version of the Tempest is currently out of print but still available "used
and new" through Amazon associates; * The Sonnets and
a Lover's Complaint (New Penguin Shakespeare), ed. John Kerrigan (Viking Press, 1999;
ISBN 0140436847). Any and all of these books may be examined and/or
purchased now online for a discount of 20-30%. Simply click on the blue title above
for a direct link to Amazon.com.
EIGHT GREAT PLAYS:
Four Tragedies & Four Comedies
2010-2011
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First semester:
* Measure for
Measure, Oxford World's Classics, edited by N.W. Bawcutt (Oxford Univ
Press, 1998: ISBN-10: 0192834223; ISBN-13: 978-0192834225); Macbeth, edited by S. Barnet, in * Four Great
Tragedies (Mass Market/ Signet Classics, 1998: ISBN-10: 0451527291; ISBN-13:
978-0451527295); * Much Ado About
Nothing: [NOTE: "Used" and "Like new" copies available from
Amazon.com Associates] edited by R. A. Foakes and T. J. Spencer (Viking Press/ Penguin
Classics, 1981: ISBN-10: 0140707093; ISBN-13: 978-0140707090); and * Julius Caesar
(Penguin Classics, Repr. ed., 1960: ISBN-10: 0140714227; ISBN-13: 978-0140714227)
where available, or Julius Caesar
(Folger Library; Wa. Square Press, 2004: ISBN-10: 0743482743; ISBN-13:
978-0743482745).
Second semester:
* Taming of
the Shrew (Penguin Classics, Repr. ed., 1964: ISBN-10: 0140714251; ISBN-13:
0140714258) where available, or Taming of the
Shrew (Folger Library; Wa. Square Press, 2004: ISBN-10: 074347757X; ISBN-13:
978-0743477574); Hamlet,
edited by S. Barnet in * Four Great
Tragedies [This is the same edition used for Macbeth in the first semester] (Mass
Market/ Signet Classics, 1998: ISBN-10: 0451527291; ISBN-13: 978-0451527295); * Merchant of
Venice, edited by K. Myrick (Signet Classics, 1998: ISBN-10: 0451526805; ISBN-13:
978-0451526809); and * Coriolanus
(Penguin/Signet, 1966: ISBN-10: 0451522966; ISBN-13: 978-0451522962) where available, or Coriolanus
(Pelican/Penguin Books, 1999; ISBN-10: 0140714731; ISBN-13: 978-0140714739).
A commentary used by the tutor in this class and recommended for students is: # Brightest of
Heaven of Invention by Peter Leithart (Canon Press, 1996; ISBN-10: 1885767234;
ISBN-13: 1885767233). Another handy and economical resource recommended for
students is # The
Friendly Shakespeare: A Thoroughly Painless Guide to the Best of the Bard by
Norrie Epstein (Penguin, Repr. ed., 1994: ISBN-10: 0140138862; ISBN-13: 978-0140138863).
Other aids for studying Shakespeare include the Cliffs Complete Study Editions of
such works as: # Hamlet,
edited by S. Lamb (ISBN 0822014165); # Julius Caesar,
edited by S. Lamb (ISBN 082201419X); # Macbeth,
edited by S. Lamb (ISBN 08220114280); and # Merchant of
Venice (ISBN 0822014319). There are also the standard editions of Cliffs
Notes for many of Shakespeare's plays, including: # Julius Caesar
Notes, edited by James Vickers (ISBN 0822000202); # Much Ado About
Nothing: Notes, edited by Denis Calandra and Salibelle Royster (ISBN 0822000601);
and The
Taming of the Shrew, edited by L.L. Hillegass (ISBN 0822000814). Any and
all of these books may be examined and/or purchased now online for a discount of
20-30%. Simply click on the blue title above for a direct link to Amazon.com.