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Titus Andronicus
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Titus Andronicus
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) William Shakespeare
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| Series | Thrift Editions |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:96 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 127 |
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| Category/Genre | Shakespeare plays |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780486796970
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| Classifications | Dewey:822.33 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Dover Publications Inc.
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| Imprint |
Dover Publications Inc.
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| Publication Date |
26 June 2015 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Set amid the latter days of the Roman Empire, this tragedy of a military and political leader bent on vengeance is fictional rather than historical. Shakespeare modeled the play on the violent and gory revenge dramas fashionable among his contemporaries, and the plot encompasses horrifying incidents of rape, murder, and mutilation.
Author Biography
He was not of an age, but for all time, declared Ben Jonson of his contemporary William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Jonson's praise is especially prescient, since at the turn of the 17th century Shakespeare was but one of many popular London playwrights and none of his dramas were printed in his lifetime. The reason so many of his works survive is because two of his actor friends, with the assistance of Jonson, assembled and published the First Folio edition of 1623.
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