內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介:Under the rule of King John, England is forced into war when the French challenge the legitimacy of John's claim to the throne and determine to install his nephew Arthur in his place. But political principles, hypocritically flaunted, are soon forgotten, as the French and English kings form an alliance based on cynical self-interest. And as the desire to cling to power dominates England's paranoid and weak-willed king, his country is threatened with disaster.
作者簡(jiǎn)介:William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time. He excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the great tragedies of Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth as well as the moving history plays and the comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew and As You Like It with their magical combination of humour, ribaldry and tenderness. This volume is a reprint of the Shakespeare Head Press edition, and it presents all the plays in chronological order in which they were written. It also includes Shakespeare's Sonnets, as well as his longer poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece.
威廉·莎士比亞,英國(guó)文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期偉大的劇作家、詩(shī)人,歐洲文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期人文主義文學(xué)的集大成者。
他的代表作有四大悲?。骸豆防滋亍罚℉amlet)、《奧賽羅》(Othello)、《李爾王》(King Lear)、《麥克白》(Macbeth)。
著名的四大喜劇:《仲夏夜之夢(mèng)》、《威尼斯商人》、《第十二夜》、《皆大歡喜》(As you like it)。歷史?。骸逗嗬氖馈?、《亨利五世》、《理查三世》。
正劇、悲?。骸读_密歐與朱麗葉》,悲喜?。▊髌鎰。侗╋L(fēng)雨》、《辛白林》、《冬天的故事》、《佩里克勒斯》。
還寫過(guò)154首十四行詩(shī),二首長(zhǎng)詩(shī)。