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  • Much Ado About Nothingby William Shakespeare; David Bevington; David Scott Kastan

    Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 4.99

    Set in a courtly world of masked revels and dances, this play turns on the archetypal story of a lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, spurned by her bridegroom, and finally vindicated and reunited with him. Villainy, schemes, and deceits threaten to darken the brilliant humor and sparkling wordplay?but the hilarious counterplot of a warring couple,... more...

  • A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare; David Bevington; David Scott Kastan

    Random House Publishing Group 2013; US$ 4.99

    Magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood provide the materials for one of Shakespeare?s most delightful comedies. When four young lovers, fleeing the Athenian law and their own mismatched rivalries, take to the forest of Athens, their lives become entangled with a feud between the King and Queen of the Fairies. Some Athenian tradesmen, rehearsing... more...

  • Hamletby William Shakespeare; David Bevington; David Scott Kastan

    Random House Publishing Group 2013; US$ 4.99

    One of the greatest plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the tormented young prince of Denmark continues to capture the imaginations of modern audiences worldwide. Confronted with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, and with his mother?s infidelity, Hamlet must find a means of reconciling his longing for oblivion with his duty as avenger.... more...

  • King Learby William Shakespeare; David Bevington; David Scott Kastan

    Random House Publishing Group 2013; US$ 4.99

    A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. The king and others pay dearly for their shortcomings?as... more...

  • Macbethby William Shakespeare; David Bevington; David Scott Kastan

    Random House Publishing Group 2013; US$ 4.99

    No dramatist has ever seen with more frightening clarity into the heart and mind of a murderer than has Shakespeare in this compelling tragedy of evil. Taunted into asserting his ?masculinity? by his ambitious wife, Macbeth chooses to embrace the Weird Sisters? prophecy and kill his king?and thus, seals his own doom. Fast-moving and bloody, this drama... more...

  • Shakespeare After Theoryby David Scott Kastan

    Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 29.95

    The most familiar assertion of Shakespeare scholarship is that he is our contemporary. Shakespeare After Theory provocatively argues that he is not, but what value he has for us must at least begin with a recognition of his distance from us. more...

  • Paradise Lostby John Milton; David Scott Kastan

    Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2009; US$ 11.95

    Paradise Lost remains as challenging and relevant today as it was in the turbulent intellectual and political environment in which it was written. This edition aims to bring the poem as fully alive to a modern reader as it would have been to Milton's contemporaries. It provides a newly edited text of the 1674 edition of the poem?the last of Milton's... more...

  • Apples from Shinarby Hyam Plutzik; David Scott Kastan

    Wesleyan University Press 2011; US$ 11.99

    A special centenary edition of this American poet's critically acclaimed collection more...

  • Henry Vby William Shakespeare; David Bevington; David Scott Kastan

    Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 4.99

    A triumphantly patriotic play that also casts a critical eye at war and warriors, this great epic drama depicts a charismatic ruler in a time of national struggle. The young King Henry?s victory over the French despite overwhelming odds creates a spectacle of action, color, and thundering battles. Whether the warrior-king is urging his men ?Once more... more...

  • Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare; David Bevington; David Scott Kastan

    Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 4.99

    In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings??Beware the ides of March??and of moving public oratory, ?Friends, Romans, countrymen!? Ironies abound and most of all... more...