Audiobook: The Shakespeare Secret (Interred with Their Bones) -Mystery/Thriller

Jennifer Lee Carrell - The Shakespeare Secret
aka Interred with Their Bones
2007 - Unabridged - mp3 - 128 kbps

Jennifer Lee Carrell, an English literature scholar, has taken a Da Vinci Code approach to Shakespeare: what if Shakespeare wrote another, undiscovered play, whose plot contained political secrets that are key parts of British history? The resulting novel, Interred with Their Bones, is a fast-paced but literate thriller featuring a Shakespeare scholar heroine who races across the globe following clues and trying to find the secret manuscript she suspects exists.

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eBook: Studying Shakespeare: A Guide to the Plays

Studying Shakespeare
A Guide to the Plays

By Laurie Maguire

File size: 1.5 MB
File type: pdf

This engaging book draws on all of Shakespeare's plays to show they can still be used as a guide to life.

* Introduces beginning students and general readers to Shakespeare's plays by highlighting the connections between the issues addressed by the plays and those of our own time.
* Focuses on the characters, situations and stories in Shakespeare which are still familiar today.
* Shows how Shakespeare's plays illustrate some of life's most familiar stories - love and obsession, parents and children, sex and politics, suffering and revenge
* Makes Shakespeare's plays accessible to the widest possible audience.

This beginner’s guide to Shakespeare reminds us that the main reason people still watch and read Shakespeare’s plays is because they identify with the characters and situations depicted in them.

Drawing on all of Shakespeare’s plays, Laurie Maguire shows how they illustrate some of life’s most familiar stories – love and obsession, parents and children, sex and politics, suffering and revenge.

The book groups the stories into five broad categories, moving from those concerned with personal identity to those dealing with romance and marriage, family life, politics, and public life. This thematic arrangement makes the plays accessible to the widest possible audience, and helps readers grasp the connection between the issues addressed by the plays and those of our own time.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Conventions.
List Of Illustrations.
1. Private Life: Shakespeare And Selfhood.
2. Marital Life: Shakespeare And Romance.
3. Political Life: Shakespeare And Government.
4. Public Life: Shakespeare And Social Structures.
5. Real Life: Shakespeare And Suffering.
Index.

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Film: A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets (2005 - TV)

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

NOTE: This post is updated with a better rip of this film. The previous one had audio problems witch are fixed now.

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491232/

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eBook: The Anxiety of Influence; A Theory Of Poetry by Harrold Bloom

The Anxiety of Influence - A Theory Of Poetry
by Harold Bloom
2nd Edition

"The most significant work that the gifted scholar-critic, Harold
Bloom, has yet written." Commonwealth
Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence has cast its long shadow of
influence since it. was first published in 1973. Through an insightful
study of Romantic poets, Bloom puts forth his central vision of the
relations between precursor's and the individual artist. His arguments
that all literary texts are a strong misreading of those that precede
them had an enormous impact on the practice of criticism and post-structuralist
literary theory. The book remains a central work of criticism
for all students of literature.

Written in a moving personal style, anchored by concrete examples,
and memorable quotations, this second edition of Bloom's classic work
maintains that the anxiety of influence can not be evadcd
by either by poets nor by responsible readers and critics. A
new introduction, centering upon Shakespeare and Matlowe,
explains the genesis of Bloom's thinking, and the subsequent influence
of the book on literary criticism of the past quarter of a century.

The Anxiety of Influence, Second Edition provides a new generation
of scholars, students, and layreaders a welcome addition to the Bloom
canon.

PDF, 196 pages, 5.5 MB

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eBook: The Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life - Frank Harris

The Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life
by Frank Harris

Frank Harris (1855-1931) is known today almost exclusively for his scandalous memoir "My Life and Loves", but aside from that he played a central role in letters around the turn of the century, and was a fine writer whose many other works deserve renewed attention in this new millennium.

First published in 1909, "The Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life" is a lively biography of England and arguably the world's greatest playwright and poet by an ardent admirer. Pursuing the thesis that a man so elusive in the few surviving documents is found full blown in very one of his works, Frank Harris, a successful journalist and editor, turns his hand to creating an impressionistic portrait that is at once a highly idiosyncratic exploration of the plays and a telling of the life through them.A product of late-Victorian Bardolatry, Harris' "The Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life" was both hailed and criticised in its day, the "New York Times" reviewer declaring that 'This is the book for which we have waited a lifetime', while academic critics attacked it as 'nonsense'. Controversial and self-confident, this biographical study retains its interest as a work of period charm. Bristling with fresh, if not always convincing, arguments, combative in style, and with a full battery of belletristic effects, Harris, as ever, pulls off a tour de force.

PDF file from Project Gutenberg.

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EXTRA: When George Bernard Shaw's play "The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets" was produced, there was quite a contoversy when Harris accused Shaw of plagiarizing his work. The following PDF file is a very interesting 1911 newspaper account, from The New York Times, about their feud:

http://rapidshare.com/files/134413322/Did_Bernard_Shaw_Plagiarize_His_Shakespearean_Play.pdf

Shaw also addresses this controversy in his intoduction to The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets.

eBook: The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets - George Bernard Shaw

The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets
George Bernard Shaw

An imaginary adventure between William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth. Will Shakespeare goes to the palace to meet the Dark Lady to whom he addressed his sonnets of love, only to find instead the Queen herself taking a walk before retiring. He is so fascinated by her – keeps writing down her bon mots – that he does not notice the approach of his Dark Lady, who is furiously jealous and gives them both a drubbing in the dark. Both poet and prince meet in agreement that man does not live by bread alone.

When George Bernard Shaw wrote this piece, in 1910, he had hopes of it serving as a fundraiser in aid of establishing a National Theatre School in Britain, to honour the works of Shakespeare. It would be more than half a century later before this dream would be realized.

Project Gutenberg .pdf file; .5mb

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Extra: Here is an interesting article about this play.

Music: Michael Nyman Band - Prosperos Books (OST, 1991)

Michael Nyman Band - Prosperos Books

Michael Nyman's soundtrack for the film Prospero's Books (The Tempest).

Tracklisting:
Full Fathom Five (1:58)
Prospero's Curse (2:38)
While You Here Do Snoring Lie (1:06)
Prospero's Magic (5:11)
Miranda (3:54)
Twelwe Years Since (2:45)
Come Unto These Yellow Sands (3:44)
History Of Sycorax (3:25)
Come And Go (1:16)
Cornfield (6:26)
Where The Bee Sucks (4:48)
Caliban's Pit (2:56)
Reconciliation (2:31)
The Masque (12:12)

100MB, 256kbps, recorded as one continuous track.

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eBook: The Truth Will Out: Unmasking the Real Shakespeare

The Truth Will Out
Unmasking the Real Shakespeare

By Brenda James and William D Rubinstein

1.4MB, .pdf

William Shakespeare is one of the most elusive and mysterious men in history. Virtually everything known about the facts of his life seems to belie the extraordinary genius of “his” plays and poems.

As a result, over the past century and a half, many intelligent and perceptive people have come to the conclusion that Shakespeare was a ‘front man’ or ‘smoke screen’ for the true author of the works.

Based on five years of in-depth research, Brenda James and William D Rubinstein’s book The Truth Will Out unveils the most compelling candidate as the author of the greatest works in English literature.
The discovery came as Brenda James was working on trying to discover the identity of the mysterious Mr W H, mentioned in the Dedication to the Sonnets. What emerged from her work amazed her. The code revealed the phrase “thy poet” and the name of Sir Henry Neville, a now forgotten Elizabethan politician and landowner.
Intrigued but needing more information she started to research Neville. One remarkable discovery led to another, most based on previously unknown primary documentary evidence. Finally she was convinced by the shear weight of evidence. She realised that she had discovered the identity of man who had written the greatest works in English Literature.

To confirm her findings she approached Professor William D Rubinstein, an influential figure in the authorship debate and an Associate of The Shakespeare Authorship Trust. At that time he was an agnostic in the debate, unconvinced by any of the known candidates. He was so totally convinced that he agreed to revise and co-author the book, bringing his substantial expertise to the work.

Together they believe that Brenda James’s truly incredible discovery has, at a stroke, solved comprehensively and categorically all the mysteries and puzzles surrounding the world’s greatest literary genius.

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eBook: Think On My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language

Think On My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language
By David Crystal

File size: 2.2 MB

'You speak a language that I understand not.' Hermione's words to Leontes in The Winter's Tale are likely to ring true with many people reading or watching Shakespeare's plays today. For decades, people have been studying Shakespeare's life and times, and in recent years there has been a renewed surge of interest into aspects of his language. So how can we better understand Shakespeare? How did he manipulate language to produce such an unrivalled body of work, which has enthralled generations both as theatre and as literature? David Crystal addresses these and many other questions in this lively and original introduction to Shakespeare's language. Covering in turn the five main dimensions of language structure - writing system, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and conversational style - the book shows how examining these linguistic 'nuts and bolts' can help us achieve a greater appreciation of Shakespeare's linguistic creativity.

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eBook: Shakespeare's Sexual Language: A Glossary

Shakespeare's Sexual Language: A Glossary

Author: Gordon Williams

File size: 13.9 MB
File type: PDF

Focuses on Shakespeare's sexual language, some of which is notoriously difficult to unravel and whose roots go back into earlier literature. This is a comprehensive but concise reference guide to sexual language and imagery

Shakespeare's use of sexual language, imagery and erotic themes is extensive, varied, and although this is necessarily hard to establish, probably innovative at times. This glossary provides a first-hand guide to Shakespeare's sexual language, some of which is notoriously difficult to unravel and whose roots go back into earlier literature.

Compiled by Gordon Williams, author of the authoritative three volume Dictionary of Sexual Language and Imagery in Shakespearean and Stuart Literature, this is a comprehensive but concise reference guide to sexual language and imagery in Shakespeare. Entries are cross-referenced and include references to textual examples where possible.

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Music: GrooveLily - A Little Midsummer Night's Music (2006)

GrooveLily - A Little Midsummer Night's Music
This CD documents the songs New York trio GrooveLily wrote and performed for director Tina Landau's musical take on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Don't be fooled by an album title that brings to mind A Little Night Music, however. We are not in Sondheim territory here, but in a benign, lite-jazzy, lite-funky environment. In the liner notes, Landau explains that the show was "GrooveLily's dream of Shakespeare's play." And so the band, led by violinist-singer Valerie Vigoda, wrote (and performed onstage) songs inspired by the characters; they are grouped thematically on the CD.

1. When I Dream
2. Overture
3. Titania Suite
4. Fairy Suite
5. Malevolent Oberon Suite
6. While You Were Sleeping
7. Lysander Wakes: And Run Through Fire
8. Demitrius Wakes: Oh, Helen
9. Benevolent Oberon Suite
10. Slings of Eros/Bergomask Dance/Bows
11. All Shall Be Well

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Audiobook: The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare

The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare

Written by Lilian Jackson Braun
Narrated by George Guidall

Summary (From the publisher):

There's something rotten in the small town of Pickax--at least to the sensitive noses of the newspaperman Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum. An accident has claimed the life of the local paper's eccentric publisher, but to Qwilleran and his feline friends it smells like murder. They soon sniff out a shocking secret, but Koko's snooping into an unusual edition of Shakespeare may prove CATastrophic... because somewhere in Pickax a lady loves not wisely but too well, a widow is scandalously merry, and a stranger has a lean and hungry look. The stage is set for Qwilleran, Koko, Yum Yum, and the second act of murder most meow....

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Music: John Dowland - The Complete Solo Lute Music

John Dowland - The Complete Solo Lute Music

256kbps
John Dowland (1563 - 1626)

Right, pay attention at the back there!

Pretty much an exact contemporary of Shakespeare, this guy was one of the most famous composers in late and post-Elizabethan England.

Dowland to thee is dear, whose heavenly touch
Upon the lute doth ravish human sense;
-William Shakespeare - The Passionate Pilgrim. Sonnet 8

In 1580 he went to Paris, presumably apprenticed to a professional lutenist, under the patronage of the English ambassador. Returning to England in 1586, he married and in 1588 was admitted to his degree of Bachelor of Music from Christ Church, Oxford.

After being rejected for a court post as a lutenist (possibly because of his Catholicism) in 1594, he goes off to the various royal courts that existed in Europe at that time to seek his fortune.

Although he must have been well known as early as 1597 (as his first book was subsequently republished 4 times), he continued to be denied a post at the English court until 1612.

So, what do we have here?

This is 92 tracks of solo lute music written, for the most part, to be danced to. A lot of this stuff is titled "Mr So and So's Pavane" (a slow processional dance) or "Mrs Blah Blah's Galliard" (a more boisterous affair and a favourite of Elizabeth I) . You'll also see "Almain" and "Jig" used pretty liberally in the titles.

By and large (to my ears anyway), you're gonna be downloading slowed-down flamenco, with the famous, must-haves being "Lachrimae", "Semper Dowland Semper Dolens" and "Frog Galliard".

This really is "music you should hear before you die".

FLAC

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I found the links and description at this excellent blog: A Dashing Blade

Film: The Hobart Shakespeareans (Documentary, 2005)

The Hobart Shakespeareans

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473215/

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eBook: Shakespeare's Sonnets (Blackwell Introductions to Literature)

Shakespeare's Sonnets
(Blackwell Introductions to Literature)

Author: Dympna Callaghan
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
File size: 0.5 Mb
File type: PDF

This introduction provides a concise overview of the central issues and critical responses to Shakespeare’s sonnets, looking at the themes, images, and structure of his work, as well as the social and historical circumstances surrounding their creation.


* Explores the biographical mystery of the identities of the characters addressed.
* Examines the intangible aspects of each sonnet, such as eroticism and imagination.
* A helpful appendix offers a summary of each poem with descriptions of key literary figures.

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eBook: Shakespeare's Theater: A Sourcebook

Shakespeare's Theater: A Sourcebook

Author: Tanya Pollard (Editor)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
File size: 1.7 Mb
File type: PDF

Shakespeare’s Theater: A Sourcebook brings together in one volume the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater.

* A collection of the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater.
* Includes attacks on the stage by moralists, defences by actors and playwrights, letters by magistrates, mayors and aldermen of London, and extracts from legislation.
* Demonstrates just how heated debates about the theater became in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
* A general introduction and short prefaces to each piece situate the writers and debates in the literary, social, political and religious history of the time.
* Brings together in one volume texts that would otherwise be hard to locate.
* Student-friendly - uses modern spelling and includes vocabulary glosses and annotation.

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eBook: Shakespeare by Stages: An Historical Introduction by Arthur F. Kinney

Shakespeare by Stages: An Historical Introduction

Author: Arthur F. Kinney
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
File size: 2 Mb
File type: PDF

In this engaging text, Arthur Kinney introduces students to Shakespeare’s plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater.
* Introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater.
* Focuses on the material conditions of playing and of playgoing.
* Covers venues, audiences, actors, society, government and regulation.
* Each topic is considered in relation to a selection of Shakespeare's plays.
* Shows students how the plays and the context in which they were produced illuminate one another.

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eBook: Shakespeare's Comedies A Guide to Criticism

Shakespeare's Comedies A Guide to Criticism

Author: Emma Smith (Editor)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
File size: 1.4 Mb
File type: PDF

This Guide introduces students to critical writing on Shakespeare’s comedies over the last four centuries.

* Guides students through four centuries of critical writing on Shakespeare’s history plays.
* Covers both significant early views and recent critical interventions.
* Substantial editorial material links the articles and places them in context.
* Annotated suggestions for further reading allow students to investigate further.

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eBook: Shakespeare's Histories: A Guide to Criticism

Shakespeare's Histories A Guide to Criticism

Author: Emma Smith (Editor)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
File size: 1 Mb
File type: PDF

Shakespeares history plays, with their insistent depictions of leadership and its discontents, have prompted very different critical views over the last four centuries. This book introduces students to the key critical debates under five headings: genre, history and politics, gender and sexuality, language, and performance.The Guide serves both to enhance students enjoyment of the history plays and to broaden their critical repertoire. By presenting ten recent critical interventions in the field, it provides a compendium of current scholarship. These articles are contextualised with brief critical overviews and annotated suggestions for further reading. An additional chapter on pre-twentieth-century criticism is mainly in narrative form but excerpts significant early views by Johnson, Hazlitt and Coleridge.

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eBook: Shakespeare's Tragedies: A Guide to Criticism

Shakespeare's Tragedies: A Guide to Criticism

Author: Emma Smith (Editor)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
File size: 1.5 Mb
File type: PDF

Navigating the sea of published commentary on Shakespeares tragedies can be difficult. This book guides students through the key critical debates from the sixteenth century to the present day, enhancing their enjoyment and broadening their critical repertoire.The Guide presents fourteen recent critical interventions in the field of Shakespeare studies, including pieces by Jonathan Dollimore, Cora Kaplan, Frank Kermode and Richard Wilson. Seven key areas of debate are covered: genre, character, language, gender and sexuality, history and politics, texts and performance. All the articles are contextualized with brief critical overviews and annotated suggestions for further reading. An additional narrative chapter on pre-twentieth-century criticism excerpts significant views by critics, including Johnson, Hazlitt and Coleridge.

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