Gary Taylor Ordre des livres (chronologique)

While Tom is at work in London, his wife Marina is left bored and alone in the small village where they live. She wishes for someone to do the housework for her and a strange thing happens. Her wish comes true; the Ironing Man enters her life, and everything begins to change for both Marina and Tom.

A compact edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare. It combines impeccable scholarship with beautifully written editorial material and a user-friendly layout of the text. Also included is a foreword, list of contents, general introduction, essay on language, contemporary allusions to Shakespeare, glossary, consolidated bibliography and index of first lines of Sonnets.

This new edition is based on the quarto, the version closest to the original manuscript. The introduction illminates the plays' origins and practicalities of composition, its reception and influence. Detailed notes pay especial attention to language and staging, and the volume includes King Lear's first derivative, a contemporary ballad, and guides to appreciation of the play and its multiple offshoots.

Paré de toutes les vertus royales et chevaleresques, Henry V est le héros par excellence. Chef militaire vainqueur, soutenant l'assaut au milieu de ses troupes, il sait aussi courtiser Catherine de France, qu'il épouse pour sceller la paix retrouvée. Mais l'apparat glorieux de la geste épique ne parvient pas à faire oublier les implications tragiques du pouvoir royal et de ses responsabilités.

'Shakespearotik' nennt der amerikanische Literaturwissenschaftler Gary Taylor in seiner kultur- und sozialgeschichtlichen Studie die Bemühungen ungezählter Forschergenerationen, der geradezu proteischen Wandlungsfähigkeit ihres Protagonisten nachzuspüren. Diese Wirkungsgeschichte durch vier Jahrhunderte zeigt zugleich, wie sich die 'Shakespeare-Industrie' in einem geschlossenen Kreislauf am Leben erhält: "Am 16. April 1616 hörte (Shakespeare) auf, sich selbst zu erfinden... Seitdem sind wir es, die ihn täglich neu erfinden."

Discusses changing interpretations of Shakespeare and his plays through the centuries, arguing that claims of his uniqueness reflect the characteristics of particular eras and critics more than Shakespeare.

A reference for the student or general reader, here are Shakespeare's complete works in one 1,032 page volume.