Kate Maurer

CliffsNotes on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.In CliffsNotes on The Taming of the Shrew, you explore one of Shakespeares most beloved, and imitated, works. In this play within a play, Petruchio, the man from Verona, marries Kate (the shrew of the story), so that Kates younger sister Bianca may be allowed to take on several suitors and choose one to marry.Summaries and commentaries lead you, act by act, through this Shakespearean classic, and critical essays give you insight into Shakespeares historical basis for the play, as well as role playing in The Taming of the Shrew. Other features that help you study includeCharacter analyses of the main charactersA character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the charactersA section on the life and background of William ShakespeareA review section that tests your knowledgeA Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sitesClassic literature or modern-day treasureyoull understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HMH Books
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780544184091
• Artikelnr.: 40175044

Autorenporträt

Kate Maurer received her Ph.D. in English from Marquette University and is an Assistant Professor of Composition and English at the University of Minnesota Duluth.