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Shakespeare, His World and His Work

Publication Information

Author: Rosen, Michael

Illustrator: Ingpen, Robert

Title: Shakespeare, His World and His Work

Date: 2001

Publisher: Candlewick

City: Cambridge, MA

ISBN, paperback: 0-7636-1568-4

ISBN, hardback:

Recommended audience:

ABE/ABLE: Yes

ESOL:

Family:

Young Adult:

Picture: Yes

General Information:

Book Type(s): biography and autobiography, reference

HSE Descriptor(s): language arts - reading

Summary:

This book explores the world of William Shakespeare through beautiful illustrations and diagrams, quotations from plays, a detailed timeline, a bibliography, and a closer look at five plays--A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, King Lear, The Tempest, and Romeo and Juliet.

Teaching Ideas:

Teachers will want to use this book to introduce Shakespeare to students who are unfamiliar with the playwright and his times. Since this book examines Shakespeare from a theatrical perspective, students could choose a passage, consider how well it describes emotions, research the context of the quotation, and read it aloud or enact it for the class. For panoramic views of the Globe Theater to to www.shakespeares-blove.org/globeeducation/onlinelearning or for information about the structure of the New Globe Theater check out www.william-shakespeare.info/new-globe-theater.htm. Recent movies such as "Shakespeare in Love" visually present similar material.

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