The Odyssey of Love
The Odyssey of Love

Author: Paul Krause

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-07-08

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1725297396

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Tolle Lege, take up and read! These words from St. Augustine perfectly describe the human condition. Reading is the universal pilgrimage of the soul. In reading we journey to find ourselves and to save ourselves. The ultimate journey is reading the Great Books. In the Great Books we find the struggle of the human soul, its aspirations, desires, and failures. Through reading, we find faces and souls familiar to us even if they lived a thousand years ago. The unread life is not worth living, and in reading we may well discover what life is truly about and prepare ourselves for the pilgrimage of life.

Shakespeare's Tragedies
Shakespeare's Tragedies

Author: Stanley Wells

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 0198785291

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Shakespeare's tragedies contain an astonishing variety of suffering, from suicides and murders to dismemberments and grief. Stanley Wells considers how the bard's tragic plays drew on the literary and theatrical conventions of his time. Discussing the individual plays, he also explores why tragedy is regarded as a fit subject for entertainment.

Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, and the Nature of Fame
Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, and the Nature of Fame

Author: Robert A Logan

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Published: 2018-04-15

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1580443206

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Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, and the Nature of Fame is a characterological study offering new perspectives on Antony and Cleopatra, the most ambiguous of Shakespeare's plays. It also offers new insights about the origins and nature of Shakespeare's imperishable fame. Wide-ranging in its concerns, this monograph promises to make an essential difference in the way scholars view characterizations, fame, Shakespeare's reputation, and the eminence of the celebrated figures of the play.

Sonnets
Sonnets

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2014-12-16

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 1443441554

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Among the most enduring poetry of all time, William Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets address such eternal themes as love, beauty, honesty, and the passage of time. Written primarily in four-line stanzas and iambic pentameter, Shakespeare’s sonnets are now recognized as marking the beginning of modern love poetry. The sonnets have been translated into all major written languages and are frequently used at romantic celebrations. Known as “The Bard of Avon,” William Shakespeare is arguably the greatest English-language writer known. Enormously popular during his life, Shakespeare’s works continue to resonate more than three centuries after his death, as has his influence on theatre and literature. Shakespeare’s innovative use of character, language, and experimentation with romance as tragedy served as a foundation for later playwrights and dramatists, and some of his most famous lines of dialogue have become part of everyday speech. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy

Author: Claire McEachern

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-08-08

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 110701977X

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This updated Companion has been fully revised and includes an extensively overhauled bibliography and four new chapters by leading scholars.

Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: W. W. Norton

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780393930771

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William Shakespeare's great Roman tragedy of adultery amid political conflict is now available in a richly documented and illustrated Norton Critical Edition.