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Àííîòàöèÿ: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.' A comedic romance of mistaken identity, Twelfth Night begins with a shipwreck, splitting up Viola and her twin brother, Sebastian. Alone in a strange land, Viola disguises herself as a male servant, Cesario, in order to work for the Duke Orsino. Orsino is in love with Lady Olivia, but it is Cesario that Olivia falls for. A farcical tale of misplaced love, confusion, gender-swapping and aspiration, Twelfth Night remains one of Shakespeare's best-loved and inventive comedies.

Àííîòàöèÿ: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Ïîñîáèå çíàêîìèò ñ îñíîâíûìè ÿâëåíèÿìè àíãëèéñêîé è àìåðèêàíñêîé ëèòåðàòóðû. Ïîñîáèå ñîäåðæèò áèîãðàôè÷åñêèå ñâåäåíèÿ îá àâòîðå, àíàëèç òâîð÷åñòâà è îòðûâêè èç ïðîèçâåäåíèé. Ïîñîáèå ðàññ÷èòàíî íà ó÷àùèõñÿ ñðåäíèõ øêîë, ëèöååâ, ãèìíàçèé, êîëëåäæåé. Ñòóäåíòîâ âûñøèõ ó÷åáíûõ çàâåäåíèé, ó÷èòåëåé è ïðåïîäàâàòåëåé, à òàêæå øèðîêèé êðóã ëèö, ñàìîñòîÿòåëüíî èçó÷àþùèõ àíãëèéñêèé ÿçûê.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Óòîí÷åííûé ðóññêèé ëèðèê Àôàíàñèé Ôåò íà ïðîòÿæåíèè âñåé æèçíè èñïûòûâàë âîñõèùåíèå "ïåðåä âñåìèðíîé êðàñîòîþ" åâðîïåéñêîé ïîýçèè: îò âåëèêèõ êëàññèêîâ äðåâíåðèìñêîé ëèòåðàòóðû äî àâòîðîâ íîâîãî âðåìåíè, ñâîèõ ñîâðåìåííèêîâ. Ñî ñòðàíèö ýòîé êíèãè ãîëîñîì Ôåòà ñ îòå÷åñòâåííûì ÷èòàòåëåì ðàçãîâàðèâàþò Îâèäèé, Ãåòå, Ãåéíå, Øåêñïèð, Áàéðîí, Ìþññå, Ìèöêåâè÷... Âñå ñòèõè ïóáëèêóþòñÿ è íà ÿçûêå îðèãèíàëà.

Àííîòàöèÿ: William Shakespeare—s Hamlet is one of the most revered and loved plays of all time. The story of a young man who strives to avenge his father—s death has been performed and read constantly ever since it first debuted at London—s Globe Theatre over four hundred years ago. Madness, family, and revenge are only a handful of the universal themes found in this tale that still hold great meaning to us today. Artist Tom Mandrake—s art combined with Steven Grant—s adaptation truly realizes the dark nature of this story. Each character from Laertes to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is recreated in this adaptation in a truly unique form, making it a wonderful graphic novel for readers old and young alike.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Íà ðóñ. ÿç. ñîíåòû ïðåäñòàâëåíû â ïåð.: Í. Ãåðáåëÿ, Â. Ëèõà÷åâà, Ì. ×àéêîâñêîãî, Ê. Ñëó÷åâñêîãî, Á. Áåðà, Â. Áðþñîâà, Â. Áåíåäèêòîâà, Ô. ×åðâèíñêîãî, È. Ìàìóíû

Àííîòàöèÿ: Perhaps you once asked yourself, 'What exactly is Hamlet trying to tell me? Why must he mince his words, muse in lyricism and, in short, whack about the shrub?' No doubt such troubling questions would have been swiftly resolved were the Prince of Denmark a registered user on Twitter.com. This, in essence, is Twitterature.Here you will find seventy-five of the greatest works of western literature — from Beowulf to Bronte, from Kafka to Kerouac, and from Dostoevsky to Dickens— each distilled through the voice of Twitter to its purest, pithiest essence. Including a full glossary of online acronyms and Twitterary terms to aid the amateur, Twitterature provides everything you need to master the literature of the civilised world, while relieving you of the burdensome task of reading it.From Hamlet: WTF IS POLONIUS DOING BEHIND THE CURTAIN???From Dante's Inferno: I'm havin a midlife crisis. Lost in the woods. Shoulda brought my iPhone.From Oedipus: PARTY IN THEBES!!! Nobody cares I killed that old dude, plus this woman is all over me. Total MILF.From Paradise Lost: OH MY GOD I'M IN HELL.'The classics are so last century' Guardian

Àííîòàöèÿ: This is the most famous of all Shakespeare's plays - a story of passionate young love. What's in a name? Does it really matter if you are called Montague or Capulet? When Romeo, son of Lord and Lady Montague, falls in love with the most beautiful girl he's ever seen, he finds out that it does matter. It makes all the difference in the world, because both families hate each other bitterly. For a time, Romeo and Juliet manage to keep their love secret. But when Romeo is sent away from Verona, and arrangements are made for Juliet to marry Paris, a friend of her father's, hope begins to die. Can any of their friends help the young lovers to be together for ever?

Àííîòàöèÿ: This is the most extensively annotated edition of Macbeth currently available, offering a thorough reconsideration of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays.A full and accessible introduction studies the immediate theatrical and political contexts of Macbeth's composition, especially the Gunpowder Plot and the contemporary account of an early performance at the Globe. It treats such celebrated issues as whether the Witches compel Macbeth to murder; whether Lady Macbeth is herself in some sense a witch; whether Banquo is Macbeth's accomplice in crime; and what criticism is levelled against Macduff. A well-illustrated account of the play in performance examines several cinematic versions, such as those by Kurosawa and Roman Polanski, and other dramatic adaptations.Several possible new sources are suggested, and the presence of Thomas Middleton's writing in the play is proposed.

Àííîòàöèÿ: A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakepeare's plays. It brings together aristocrats, workers, and fairies in a wood outside Athens, and from there the enchantment begins. Simple and engaging on the surface, it is none the less a highly original and sophisticated work, remarkable for both its literary and its theatrical mastery. It is one of the very few of Shakespeare's plays which do not draw on narrative sources, which suggests that it reflects his deepest imaginative concerns to an unusual degree. In his introduction Peter Holland pays particular attention to dreams and dreamers, and to Shakespeare's construction of a world of night and shadows. Both here and in his commentary he explores the play's extensive performance history to illustrate the wide range of interpretations of which it is capable.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Íåò íåîáõîäèìîñòè ïðåäñòàâëÿòü ÷èòàòåëÿì òðàãåäèþ Ó. Øåêñïèðà "Ãàìëåò". Íè îäíî ïðîèçâåäåíèå âåëèêîãî àíãëè÷àíèíà íå ïîëüçîâàëîñü òàêîé ïîïóëÿðíîñòüþ è íå îêàçàëî òàêîãî ãðîìàäíîãî âëèÿíèÿ íà åâðîïåéñêóþ ëèòåðàòóðó. Íàðÿäó ñ Äîí-Êèõîòîì è Ôàóñòîì åå ãåðîé äàâíî âîøåë â ÷èñëî ìèðîâûõ îáùå÷åëîâå÷åñêèõ òèïîâ,èìåþùèõ óíèâåðñàëüíîå è âå÷íîå çíà÷åíèå.  ýòîì èçäàíèè òåêñò ïå÷àòàåòñÿ íà ÿçûêå îðèãèíàëà è íà ðóññêîì ÿçûêå â ïåðåâîäå Ì. Ë. Ëîçèíñêîãî, êîòîðûé ïî ïðàâó ñ÷èòàåòñÿ íàèáîëåå àâòîðèòåòíûì.Ïåðåâîä ñ àíãëèéñêîãî, âñòóïèòåëüíàÿ ñòàòüÿ, ïðèìå÷àíèÿ Ì.Ë. Ëîçèíñêîãî.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Compact anthology features many of the best works by 59 poets writing in English - from the complex rhyme schemes of Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser and Shakespeare's lovely sonnets to William Blake's visionary works and John Keats' profound insights into the nature of beauty, art, and mortality. Includes an introduction and brief commentaries on the poets represented

Àííîòàöèÿ: Painting Shakespeare explores the tradition of critical and interpretive painting and engraving that developed when eighteenth-century artists rejected the depiction of Shakespeare's plays in performance to produce images based on the new scholarly editions. The opening chapter locates Shakespeare painting alongside contemporary performance, editing and criticism, and discusses its relation to art history and practice. The book proceeds to examine Hogarth's use of ironic allusion, and the development of this and other techniques of critical visualisation by artists of the succeeding decades. Later chapters discuss the arcane allusions and supernatural visions of Fuseli, the gestural immediacy of Romney, the fluid, critical mythologising of Blake, and the compound subtleties of Reynolds. The book concludes with a study of the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery and the radically new reading practices it constituted.

Àííîòàöèÿ: "The Winter's Tale" is Shakespeare's most perfectly realized tragi-comedy, as notable for its tragic intensity as for its comic grace and, throughout, for the richness and complexity of its poetry. It concludes, moreover, with the most daring and moving reconciliation scene in all Shakespeare's plays.

Àííîòàöèÿ: "Much Ado About Nothing" is the story of Leonato, an Italian nobleman, his daughter, Hero, and his niece, Beatrice. Following a war Leonato welcomes into his house Don Pedro, his good friend; fellow soldiers of Don Pedro, Claudio and Benedick; as well as Don Pedro's illegitimate brother, Don John. Quickly amorous relations develop between Claudio and Hero and later between Benedick and Beatrice. As wedding plans are being made for Claudio and Hero, Don John tricks Claudio into believing that Hero has been unfaithful. The wedding bliss is briefly interrupted until the truth is finally discovered and the play ends in a joyful double wedding.

Àííîòàöèÿ: A Midsummer Nights Dream is the perfect milieu for Arthur Rackham, who posessessed a unique and striking gift for depicting fanciful creatures. His career coincided with the era known as the Golden Age of illustration, which saw the rise of increasingly sophisticated colour printing techniques. His magnificent interpretation of A Midsummer Nights Dream first appeared in 1908, and this faithful reprint offers a quality of printing and sharpness of reproduction that rivals the limited and first editions

Àííîòàöèÿ: For four centuries Twelfth Night has inspired theatre directors and performers. Surveying a dazzling range of Twelfth Night productions - including many significant productions which have not received due critical attention previously - Schafer provides the reader with an indispensable stage history of this popular play, from its first performance to today.

Àííîòàöèÿ: "The Merchant of Venice" is one of Shakespeare`s most popular comedies, but it remains deeply controversial. The text may well seem anti-Semitic; yet repeatedly, in performance, it has revealed a contrasting nature. Shylock, though vanquished in the law-court, often triumphs in the theatre. He is a character so intense that he can dominate the play, challenging abrasively its romantic and lyrical affirmations. What results is a bitter-sweet drama, both gratifying and troubling. The lovers may eventually rejoice, but there are strange discords before the final harmony is achieved. Though "The Merchant of Venice" offers some of the traditional pleasures of comedy, it also exposes the perennial operations of prejudice. Thus Shakespeare remains our contemporary

Àííîòàöèÿ: Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare s greatest tragedies: a spectacular, widely-ranging drama of love and war, passion and politics. Antony is divided between the responsibilities of Imperial power and the intensities of his sexual relationship with Cleopatra. She, variously generous and ruthless, loving and jealous, petulant and majestic, emerges as Shakespeare s most complex depiction of a woman: Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Unsurpassed in sumptuous eloquence and powerful characterisation, Antony and Cleopatra deservedly retains its popularity in the theatre. Its insights into the corruptions of power and the ambiguities of desire remain timely

Àííîòàöèÿ: Romeo and Juliet is the worlds most famous drama of tragic young love. Defying the feud which divides their families, Romeo and Juliet enjoy the fleeting rapture of courtship, marriage and sexual fulfilment but a combination of old animosities and new coincidences brings them to suicidal deaths.This play offers a rich mixture of romantic lyricism, bawdy comedy, intimate harmony and sudden violence. Long successful in the theatre, it has also generated numerous operas, ballets and films and these have helped to make Romeo and Juliet perennially topical