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Bezig met laden... Shakespeare: His Work and His Worlddoor Michael Rosen
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Michael Rosen and Robert Ingpen, in SHAKESPEARE: HIS WORK AND HIS WORLD, pay homage to the great bard in this tasteful and detailed account of Shakespeare's life and times. The book is organized into a series of short chapters, which are introduced with creative chapter titles and also an essential question of that section; for instance, "So what was it like in England when Shakespeare was writing?" Rosen's prose is at once elegant and student-friendly, and the gorgeous formatting and layouts for each page are large and easy to read. Ingpen's illustrations (if you can call them that--they are more like professional paintings) are lush, colorful, and vivid. Both author and illustrator have won prestigious awards, and Ingpen alone has published more than one hundred acclaimed books. As for accuracy, some liberties have been taken, such as a scene where characters from Romeo and Juliet are dressed as greasers (ie THE OUTSIDERS), as well as several areas which are understood to be ambiguous in the scholarship. One image of an English marketplace has a caption that reads: "The marketplace in Stratford as it may have looked in Shakespeare's day. Is that factual? I think it's useful, if anything, their approach. They enhance scholarship with their interpretations and embellishments, allowing young readers to access complex topics with ease. This text would be a wonderful companion to any unit on Shakespeare, as it touches on all of his major works, gives ample background knowledge and context, contains numerous illustrations/maps/charts/diagrams/etc., as well as several notable pages of appended material, including a detailed timeline and bibliography. Highly recommend. ( ) Rosen's (Classic Poetry) compelling text and Ingpen's (Who Is the World For?) dramatic paintings invite readers into the "extraordinary and dangerous times" in which the Bard wrote his famous plays. The narrative and design divide into distinct sections ideal for browsing. To set the stage, Rosen introduces "A Plot!" and details how, in 1598, to avoid paying their landlord, actors covertly pulled down the timber from the Curtain theater to reconstruct the Globe (a portion of which Shakespeare owned) on the opposite side of the Thames. Most chapters begin with engaging, chatty rhetorical questions (relayed, however, in a sometimes distracting typeface) such as "What's So Special About Shakespeare?" and "So How Does Someone Stay That Famous?" Some metaphors, such as comparing Shakespeare's plays to a "house full of many amazing rooms," become a bit strained, but the narrative benefits from liberal quotation of Shakespeare's plays. Rosen effectively sets the historical context and reconstructs and imagines the events and circumstances of Shakespeare's life, while also demonstrating the surprising and pervasive extent of his linguistic legacy. Ingpen's atmospheric paintings evoke the romance of the era and capture the pageantry of the plays. A strong companion for young readers exploring Shakespeare. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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A biography of the Bard written especially for children. It profiles the life and time of Shakespeare, peppered with quotes from plays he wrote, and includes short synopses of the more famous ones. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)822.3Literature English English drama Elizabethan 1558-1625LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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