Eric Rasmussen Bücher

Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. Henry V. Macbeth. A Midsummer Night's Dream. King Lear. Lovers of literature will immediately recognise these as signature works of William Shakespeare, whose plays still rank as the greatest dramas ever produced in the English language four centuries after they were written. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare collects all thirty-seven of the immortal Bard's comedies, tragedies, and historical plays in a beautiful edition. This volume also features Shakespeare's complete poetry, including the sonnets. With this beautiful edition, you can enjoy Shakespeare's enduring literary legacy again and again. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare is one of Barnes & Noble's leatherbound editions. Each volume presents classic works by the world's best-loved authors in a beautifully designed edition bound in bonded leather. The attractive covers are embossed with colourful foils and the books have many special details including decorative endpapers, gilded edges, and ribbon markers. Elegant and affordable, these volumes are cornerstones for any home library

Deutsch von Frank GüntherMit einem Essay von Ingeborg Bolz Zwei Paare werden in der 1600 uraufgeführten Komödie Opfer von Intrigen: Graf Claudio gewinnt, trotz seiner Schüchternheit, die Hand von Hero, Tochter des Statthalters von Messina. Fast zerbricht die Liebe des glücklichen Paares jedoch, als die unschuldige Hero von Neidern am Hof der Untreue bezichtigt wird. Den Hauptreiz gewinnt das Stück vor allem durch das zweite Paar: Der Soldat Benedick, ein eingefleischter Frauenverächter, und Beatrice, scharfzüngige Männerhasserin, liefern sich bissige Wortgefechte von sprühendem Sprachwitz. Schließlich werden sie, ebenfalls durch eine Intrige, von der angeblich unsterblichen Zuneigung des jeweils anderen überzeugt – und gestehen sich prompt ihre wahren Gefühle für den nur scheinbar verhaßten anderen ein. Das oft gespielte Stück feierte vor einigen Jahren auch auf der Kinoleinwand große Erfolge: in der Verfilmung von Kenneth Branagh glänzen er selbst und Partnerin Emma Thompson als das haßliebende Paar. Der Band erscheint wie immer in zweisprachiger Ausgabe, deutsch von Frank Günther, und mit einem ausführlichen Anhang.

The first edition of Shakespeare's collected works, the First Folio, published in 1623, is one of the most valuable books in the world and has historically proven to be an attractive target for thieves. Of the 160 First Folios listed in a census of 1902, 14 were subsequently stolen-and only two of these were ever recovered. In his efforts to catalog all these precious First Folios, renowned Shakespeare scholar Eric Rasmussen embarked on a riveting journey around the globe, involving run-ins with heavily tattooed criminal street gangs in Tokyo, bizarre visits with eccentric, reclusive billionaires, and intense battles of wills with secretive librarians. He explores the intrigue surrounding the Earl of Pembroke, arguably Shakespeare's boyfriend, to whom the First Folio is dedicated and whose personal copy is still missing. He investigates the uncanny sequence of events in which a wealthy East Coast couple drowned in a boating accident and the next week their First Folio appeared for sale in Kansas. We hear about Folios that were censored, the pages ripped out of them, about a volume that was marked in red paint-or is it blood?-on every page; and of yet another that has a bullet lodged in its pages. -- Provided by publisher

Der krankhaft liebesbedürftige König Lear, der allzu ehrgeizige Königsmörder Macbeth und der hasserfüllte Timon von Athen – alle drei sind von fragwürdiger Moral und leben in einer kranken Welt, in der die Naturordnung gestört ist. Ein tief pessimistischer Zug geht durch die drei Tragödien Shakespeares.

This first edition in over a century explores 'The Shakespeare Apocrypha,' featuring ten plays potentially influenced by Shakespeare. Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, it includes a comprehensive essay on authorship by Will Sharpe. This collection merges textual scholarship with elegant design, appealing to Shakespeare enthusiasts.