Michael Macrone

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Iowa

The San Francisco Chroniclecalled this entertaining and informative guide to the Bard's most famous and quotable expressions "delightful...a gem." From "salad days" to "strange bedfellows," the remarkable legacy of William Shakespeare lives on in our everyday vocabulary. Each entry includes the original meaning of the word or expression, the play or poem in which it appears, which character spoke it, and how it is used today. Cross-referenced for easy use; black-and-white line drawings by Tom Lulevitch.

Brush up Your Shakespeare!

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Oklahoma

An Infectious Tour Through the Most Famous and Quotable Words and Phrases from the Bard

Presents some of the most famous lines and newly minted words from Shakespeare, with literary anecdotes that set the phrases in their original contexts to show what was meant

A Lively Compendium of Shakespeare's Wisest and Wittiest Words From the doomed Othello, who first assumed a "foregone conclusion," to the impetuous Mercutio, who went off on the first "wild-goose chase," here are several hundred of the most famous lines and newly minted words from Shakespeare's canon. Each phrase is presented with background notes, explnations, and literary anecdotes that set it in its original context. With a new filmography of the finest Shakespeare movies, Brush Up Your Shakeapeare! is an accessible and entertaining guide for Bard aficionados and amateurs alike. Did You Know? The gargantuan Sir Falstaff was the first unwelcome guest to eat his hostess "out of house and home" Juliet thought that parting from her Young Romeo was "such sweet sorrow" Macbeth believed himself to be "a sorry sight" It was Rosalind who desired "too much of a good thing" Lady Macbeth realized that "what's done is done"

Category - Fiction / Poetry

Format - Hardcover

Condition - Good

Listed - 3 months ago

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Ships From - Iowa

Est. Publication Date - Aug 1998

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