CLIFFSCOMPLETE Shakespeare’s Macbeth Edited by Sidney Lamb Associate Professor of English Sir George Williams University, Montreal Complete Text + Commentary + Glossary Commentary by Christopher L. Morrow Best-Selling Books • Digital Downloads • e-Books • Answer Networks • e-Newsletters • Branded Web Sites • e-Learning New York, NY • Cleveland, OH • Indianapolis, IN CLIFFSCOMPLETE Shakespeare’s Macbeth About the Author Christopher L. Morrow is currently
Contemporary African Rewritings of Othello JYOTSNA SINGH v vii ix 1 22 2. 49 78 103 3. 4. 5. 125 148 6. 7. 171 vi CONTENTS 8. Race-ing Othello: Re-Engendering White-Out BARBARA HODGDON Black and White, and Dread All Over: The Shakespeare Theatre’s ‘Photonegative’ Othello and the Body of Desdemona DENISE ALBANESE 190 9. 220 Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index 250 259 261 1 ‘Let it be Hid’: The Pornographic Aesthetic of Shakespeare’s Othello LYNDA E. BOOSE
Rhyming slang * 6 Other meanings o 6.1 Nautical usage o 6.2 US military usage o 6.3 Hot-metal printing o 6.4 Others * 7 Notes and references * 8 Further reading * 9 External links * 10 See also Etymology Although it has been said that "etymologists are unlikely to come to an agreement about the origins of cunt any time soon",[3] it is most often thought to derive from a Germanic word (Proto-Germanic *kunton), which appeared
Preface to Shakespeare By Samuel Johnson Edited by Jack Lynch, Rutgers University — Newark The text comes from The Plays of William Shakespeare, ed. Samuel Johnson (London, 1765); this abridged edition is roughly half the length of the whole. The notes and paragraph numbers are my own. My (conservative) textual policy is spelled out in the Note on the Text at the end. Please send comments and corrections to Jack Lynch. ________________________________________ [1] That praises are without reason
Sonnets 3 Introduction Shake-speares Sonnets was entered in the Stationers’ Register on Saturday 20 May 1609; the record reads, 20 Maij Thomas Thorpe. Entred for his copie vnder thandes of master Wilson and master Lownes Warden a Booke called Shakespeares sonnettes vjd. The cost of sixpence would have been normal. The volume’s frontispiece bears the date, 1609, and the place, London, and declares forthrightly, “Neuer before Imprinted.” It was printed by George Eld for “T. T.,” evidently the publisher
2 Paper 2 – Composition 2.5 Exam combinations 3. Cambridge A & AS Literature in English ........................................ 10 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Assessment at a glance Syllabus aims Assessment objectives Description of papers – A & AS Literature in English – 9695 3.4.1 Paper 3 – Poetry and Prose 3.4.2 Paper 4 – Drama 3.4.3 Paper 5 – Shakespeare and other pre-20th Century Texts 3.4.4 Paper 6 – 20th Century Writing Cambridge International A & AS Level English Language, Literature
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Chaucer Canterbury Tales (Gen. Pro. = General Prologue, Pro. = Prologue) Parliament of Fowls Troilus and Criseyde FQ SC Spenser Faerie Queene (Pro. = Prologue) Shepheardes Calendar CT 1H4, 2H4 1H6, 2H6, 3H6 2GV 12N AC AWEW Shakespeare King Henry the Fourth, Part One, Part Two King Henry the Sixth, Part One, Part Two, Part Three Two Gentlemen of Verona Twelfth Night Antony and Cleopatra All’s Well that Ends Well ix Abbreviations AYLI CE Cor Cym H5 H8 JC KJ
situations. They evaluate how medium of production, textual form, perspective and choice of language influence meaning. The study develops students’ understanding of the relationships between representation and meaning. (Reread English Stage 6 Syllabus, p 52.) ELECTIVES: AdvancedMODULE C: Representation and TextElective 1: Conflicting PerspectivesIn their responding and composing, students consider the ways in which conflicting perspectives on events, personalities or situations are represented in their
lightning.” Shakespeare has the witches speak in language of contradiction. Their famous line “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” is a prominent example (I.i.10), but there are many others, such as their characterization of Banquo as “lesser than Macbeth, and greater” (I.iii.63). Such speech adds to the play’s sense of moral confusion by implying that nothing is quite what it seems. Interestingly, Macbeth’s first line in the play is “So foul and fair a day I have not seen” (I.iii.36). This line echoes the