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Globalizing Impressionism
Reception, Translation, and Transnationalism
For many decades, impressionism has occupied a central place in the canon of art history, but new transnational approaches to the study of nineteenth-century art have complicated the perpetuation of Francocentric histories. As the...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
"Each volume of The Annotated Shakespeare proves to be a splendid addition to the series."—Tita French Baumlin, Southwest Missouri State University From the hilarious mischief of the elf Puck to the...
Twelfth Night
or, What You Will
Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s funniest plays and also one of his most romantic. A young noblewoman, Viola, shipwrecked in a foreign land and separated from her twin brother, dresses as a man in order...
The Merchant of Venice
In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from...
King Lear
The Annotated Shakespeare Series allowsreaders to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world’s greatest dramatistKing Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage...
Richard III
Treacherous, power-hungry, untempered by moral restraint, and embittered by physical deformity, Richard, the younger brother of King Edward IV, is ablaze with ambition to take England’s throne. Richard III,...
Antony and Cleopatra
The Annotated Shakespeare series enables today’s readers to understand and enjoy the plays of the world’s greatest dramatist. Comprehensive on-page annotations assist with vocabulary, pronunciation, prosody, and...
Macbeth
"To be able to read Macbeth with the eye of one of our profession's top linguists and scholars is a treat for the heart as well as the mind."—Tita French Baumlin, Southwest Missouri State University
Romeo and Juliet
The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world’s greatest dramatist"Burton Raffel is surely one of the profession’s top linguists and scholars,...
Hamlet
The Annotated Shakespeare Series allowsreaders to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world’s greatest dramatist"If any work deserves a student’s closest attention, it is