All's Well that Ends Well (Annotated with Biography and Critical Essay)
Title | All's Well that Ends Well (Annotated with Biography and Critical Essay) PDF eBook |
Author | William Shakespeare |
Publisher | Golgotha Press |
Total Pages | 138 |
Release | 2013-11-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1610426126 |
All’s Well that Ends Well was written circa 1604 and was the first of a series of plays that Shakespeare wrote mixing humor and pathos. The play may have been a comment on a situation that was being debated in Parliament at the time – that the King could control the property of a nobleman who inherited his title before he turned twenty-one. The plot of the play revolves around Helen, the orphaned daughter of a doctor, who has helped cure the King of France. He had promised her if she could cure him, she could have any man she wanted as her husband. Helen asks him if she could marry Bertram, the Count of Rossillion, whom she is in love with. The Count is considerably above her in station, and the King agrees to the marriage, but with great reluctance. Bertram is unhappy about the whole situation, and soon after the wedding, he leaves for war in Italy, the marriage unconsummated. He is accompanied by, Parolles, who is a bit of an opportunist although Bertram thinks he is a true friend. He later betrays Bertram. This annotated edition includes a biography and critical essay.
All's Well that Ends Well
Title | All's Well that Ends Well PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Bloom |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | 240 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1604137088 |
In this romantic reconciliation comedy, the sweetly mischievous Helena plots and plans her way to winning the aloof Bertram's hand in marriage. While the lovers are united by the close of the final act, Shakespeare pokes fun at the fantasy, wish fulfillment, and conventions of romantic comedy with the play's ambiguous resolution, which has intrigued scholars, readers, and theatergoers for centuries. This invaluable new study guide to one of Shakespeare's greatest plays contains a selection of the finest criticism through the centuries, plus an introduction by Harold Bloom, an accessible summary of the plot, a comprehensive list of characters, a biography of Shakespeare, and more.
Shakespeare and His Times : Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticism on His Genius and Writings; a New Chronology of His Plays; a Disquisition on the Object of His Sonnets ... . By Nathan Drake, ... In Two Volumes. Vol. 1 [-2.]
Title | Shakespeare and His Times : Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticism on His Genius and Writings; a New Chronology of His Plays; a Disquisition on the Object of His Sonnets ... . By Nathan Drake, ... In Two Volumes. Vol. 1 [-2.] PDF eBook |
Author | Nathan Drake |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 702 |
Release | 1817 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Troilus and Cressida, All's Well that Ends Well, and Measure for Measure
Title | Troilus and Cressida, All's Well that Ends Well, and Measure for Measure PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Howard Traister |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 156 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Cressida (Fictitious character) |
ISBN |
History of Political Economy in Europe
Title | History of Political Economy in Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Blanqui (M., Adolphe-Jérôme) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 646 |
Release | 1880 |
Genre | Economic history |
ISBN |
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Shakespeare Survey
Title | Shakespeare Survey PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Muir |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 216 |
Release | 2002-11-28 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780521523592 |
The first fifty volumes of this yearbook of Shakespeare studies are being reissued in paperback.
Encyclopedia of British Humorists
Title | Encyclopedia of British Humorists PDF eBook |
Author | Steven H. Gale |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | 690 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | English wit and humor |
ISBN | 9780824059903 |
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.