Concise overview of Shakespeare's life; Shakespeare and the English language; Shakespeare's works; Shakespeare's works in summary; and Shakespearean terms.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Shakespeare's Life
• The Swan of Avon
• Shakespeare the Family Man
• Shakespeare the Dramatist
• Shakespeare the Poet
• The Later Works
• Shakespeare and the English Language
• Elizabethan English
• Understanding Shakespeare Today
• Shakespeare's Imagery
• Shakespeare's New Words
• The Variety of Shakespeare's Language – Romeo and Juliet
• Poetry and Prose in Shakespeare – Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth
• Shakespeare's Works
• Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
• Variety and Unity in Shakespeare's Drama – Macbeth
• Shakespeare's Works in Summary
• All's Well That Ends Well
• Antony and Cleopatra
• As You Like It
• The Comedy of Errors
• Coriolanus
• Cymbeline
• Hamlet
• Henry IV Part 1
• Henry IV Part 2
• Henry V
• Henry VI Part 1
• Henry VI Part 2
• Henry VI Part 3
• Henry VIII
• Julius Caesar
• King John
• King Lear
• Love's Labour's Lost
• Macbeth
• Measure for Measure
• The Merchant of Venice
• The Merry Wives of Windsor
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Much Ado about Nothing
• Othello
• Pericles, Prince of Tyre
• Richard II
• Richard III
• Romeo and Juliet
• The Taming of the Shrew
• The Tempest
• Timon of Athens
• Titus Andronicus
• Troilus and Cressida
• Twelfth Night
• The Two Gentlemen of Verona
• The Winter's Tale
• Glossary of Shakespearean Terms