Record details

• ISBN: 1565853091
• ISBN: 9781565853096
• Physical Description: 18 audio discs (approximately 1080 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 course guidebooks (22 cm).
• Publisher: Springfield, VA : The Teaching Company, 1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Title from container.

Compact discs.

In three containers.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. 1: lecture 1. Shakespeare then and now ; lecture 2. The nature of Shakespeare's plays ; lecture 3. Twelfth night, Shakespearean comedy ; lecture 4. Twelfth night, Malvolio in love ; lecture 5. The taming of the shrew, getting married in the 1590s ; lecture 6. The taming of the shrew, farce and romance ; lecture 7. The merchant of Venice, courting the heiress ; lecture 8. The merchant of Venice, Shylock ; lecture 9. Measure for measure, sex in society ; lecture 10. Measure for measure, justice and comedy ; lecture 11. Richard III, Shakespearean history ; lecture 12. Richard III, the villain's career -- pt. 2: lecture 13. Richard II, the theory of kingship ; lecture 14. Richard II, the fall of the king ; lecture 15. Henry IV, all the king's men ; lecture 16. Henry IV, the life of Falstaff ; lecture 17. Henry V, the death of Falstaff ; lecture 18. Henry V, the king victorious ; lecture 19. Romeo and Juliet, Shakespearean tragedy ; lecture 20. Romeo and Juliet, public violence and private bliss ; lecture 21. Troilus and Cressida, ancient epic in a new mode ; lecture 22. Troilus and Cressida, heroic aspirations ; lecture 23. Julius Caesar, the matter of Rome ; lecture 24. Julius Caesar, heroes of history -- pt. 3: lecture 25. Hamlet, the abundance of the play ; lecture 26. Hamlet, the causes of tragedy ; lecture 27. Hamlet, The protestant hero ; lecture 28. Othello, the design of the tragedy ; lecture 29. Othello, o villany! ; lecture 30. Othello, the noble Moor ; lecture 31. King Lear, this is the world ; lecture 32. King Lear, wisdom through suffering ; lecture 33. King Lear, then we go up ; lecture 34. Macbeth, fair is foul ; lecture 35. Macbeth, musing on murder ; lecture 36. Macbeth, enter two murderers.

Participant or Performer Note:

Peter Saccio, lecturer.

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Subject:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Genre:

Audiobooks.
Audiobooks collection > Nonfiction.
Audiobooks.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Audiobooks.

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