Books By and About Shakespeare

 

Verse, Meter, and Rhythm

 

Wright's book is quite helpful in understanding how Shakespeare uses meter. Shapiro and Beum's classic The Prosody Handbook is back in print. It is a clearly written, accessible introduction. Attridge's book and the NCTE publication have practice exercises.

 

Shakespeare's Metrical Art (George T. Wright)

Accent on Meter: A Handbook for Readers of Poetry (NCTE)

Poetic Rhythm: An Introduction (Attridge)

Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse

The Prosody Handbook: A Guide to Poetic Form

If you want to write iambic pentameter, read the appendix "How Iambic Pentameter Works" in Kent Richmond's translations of Twelfth Night or Macbeth.

 

 

 

Shakespeare Grammars

A Shakespearian Grammar: An Attempt to Illustrate Some of the Differences Between Elizabethan and Modern English (Abbott)

Shakespeare's Grammar - Arden Shakespeare (Arden)

A Grammar of Shakespeare's Language (Blake)

 

 

 

Shakespeare Guides and Companions

The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare

Essential Shakespeare Handbook

Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying the Works of Shakespeare

How to Enjoy Shakespeare

 

 

 

Performing Shakespeare

 

Clues to Acting Shakespeare

Secrets of Acting Shakespeare: The Original Approach

How to Speak Shakespeare

Mastering Shakespeare: An Acting Class in Seven Scenes

A Shakespearean Actor Prepares

Playing Shakespeare: An Actor's Guide (Methuen Paperback)

Speaking Shakespeare

Speak the Speech!: Shakespeare's Monologues Illuminated

 

 

 

Shakespeare Teaching Aids

 

Shakespeare Set Free: Teaching A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth

Shakespeare Set Free: Teaching Hamlet and Henry IV, Part 1 (Teaching Hamlet and Henry IV, Vol. 2)

Shakespeare Set Free: Teaching Twelfth Night and Othello (Folger Shakespeare Library)

Ready-To-Use Activities for Teaching Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Teacher's Activity Library)

Romeo and Juliet : A Unit Plan (Litplans on CD)

A Guide for Using Romeo and Juliet in the Classroom

Teaching Shakespeare: A Handbook for Teachers (Cambridge School Shakespeare)

Performance Approaches To Teaching Shakespeare (NCTE)

Unlocking Shakespeare's Language: Help for the Teacher and Student (NCTE)

Reading Hamlet (The Ncte Chalkface Series)

 

 

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