Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.4 / 5.0

Shakespeare: For the Layman--Not for Intro to Shakespeare:

THE COMPLETE PELICAN SHAKESPEARE is quite good at what it does. It presents all of Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, and poems. Each play is preceded by a well-written introduction that attempts to analyze that play in terms of its major themes and to place it in an historical literary context. I found the frequent line numbers useful in that I could easily look up lines that in other editions might leave me counting up or down from a target line number. However, this edition is less useful for a serious... more info

An awesome volume...:

In 1987, when I was about to take my first Shakespeare course at university, I asked an uncle to make that year's Christmas present a complete volume of Shakespeare. I received a grocery store faux-leatherbound doorstop--actually not much thicker than this Pelican volume, but just gaudy enough to turn me off. I recall tearing out of the book the plays covered in the course.
The Pelican is what I wanted. It's beautiful. Simple, elegant cover; double-columned pages allowing for less overall thickness;... more info

A very complete, very well edited edition.:

This is an excellent book that compiles nearly all of the great writer's plays into a beautiful hardcover masterpiece. It's user-friendly format is great for the casual reader. The book is also loaded with footnotes, intros, and historical information that brings Shakespeare's plays alive for the scholars. This is a must have for any college-bound student or for any lover of SHakespeare.

Similar Products:

Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion by David Crystal, Ben Crystal

The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare by Michael Dobson, Stanley Wells

The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare: 38 Fully-Dramatized Plays by William Shakespeare, Eileen Atkins, Joseph Fiennes, John Gielgud, Imogen Stubbs, Claran Hinds, Simon Russell Beale

Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare : A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying the Works... by ISAAC ASIMOV

The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 1 by Harold C. Goddard

?