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Richard Appignanesi

    20 december 1940

    Richard Appignanesi is een auteur en redacteur die bekend staat om zijn succesvolle stripreeksen voor jonge lezers. Zijn werk toont een talent voor het aanpassen van klassieke literaire werken en thema's in visueel aantrekkelijke formaten, waardoor complexe literatuur toegankelijk wordt voor een nieuwe generatie. Hij specialiseerde zich in manga-adaptaties van Shakespeares toneelstukken, waarbij hij de essentie van de originelen bewaart en tegelijkertijd hun begrijpelijkheid voor het hedendaagse publiek vergroot. Zijn aanpak benadrukt de kracht van visueel verhalen vertellen en het potentieel ervan voor het interpreteren en populariseren van literaire klassiekers.

    Richard Appignanesi
    King Richard III
    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    Hamlet
    King Lear
    Beginners Books: Einstein for Beginners
    Thomas Girtin
    • The untold story of J.M.W. Turner's friend and greatest rival, pioneering watercolour artist Thomas Girtin

      Thomas Girtin
      4,2
    • Amusing, irreverent, sophisticated and highly accessible, Einstein for Beginners is the perfect introduction to Einstein's life and thought. Reaching back as far as Babylon (for the origins of mathematics) and the Etruscans (who thought they could handle lightning), this book takes us through the revolutions in electrical communications and technology that made the theory of relativity possible. In the process, we meet scientific luminaries and personalities of imperial Germany, as well as Galileo, Faraday, and Newton; learn why moving clocks run slower than stationary ones, why nothing can go faster than the speed of light; and follow Albert's thought as he works his way toward E = mc2, the most famous equation of the twentieth century.

      Beginners Books: Einstein for Beginners
      3,4
    • King Lear

      • 344bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Powerful tragedy of an aging king, betrayed by his daughters, robbed of his kingdom, descending into madness. Perhaps the bleakest of Shakespeare's tragic dramas, complete with explanatory footnotes.

      King Lear
      4,1
    • Hamlet

      • 173bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      Tragedie van de Engelse schrijver (1564-1616) over een Deense prins die de moord op zijn vader wil wreken.

      Hamlet
      4,0
    • A Midsummer Night's Dream

      • 96bladzijden
      • 4 uur lezen

      HUMOUR & COMEDY Two young lovers, Hermia and Lysander, meet in the wood with the intention of running away and getting married secretly. They are followed by Demetrius, who loves Hermia, and Helena, who is in love with Demetrius. What they don’t know is that the wood is enchanted… Dossiers: Shakespeare's Sources The Elizabethan Performance

      A Midsummer Night's Dream
      4,0
    • King Richard III

      • 252bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      The second edition of King Richard III, with a new introductory section by Janis Lull.

      King Richard III
      3,9
    • Marx for Beginners

      • 160bladzijden
      • 6 uur lezen

      A cartoon book about Marx? Are you sure it's Karl, not Groucho? How can you summarize the work of Karl Marx in cartoons? It took Rius to do it. He's put it all in: the origins of Marxist philosophy, history, economics; of capital, labor, the class struggle, socialism. And there's a biography of "Charlie" Marx besides. Like the companion volumes in the series, Marx for Beginners is accurate, understandable, and very, very funny.

      Marx for Beginners
      3,9
    • Introducing Romanticism

      • 176bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      Gives readers an accessible overview of the many interlocking strands of the movement, focusing on the leading figures in Britain, Germany, France, America, Italy and Russia.

      Introducing Romanticism
      3,5
    • Introducing Buddha

      • 176bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      This book describes the life and teachings of the Buddha, this book also shows that enlightenment is a matter of experiencing the truth individually and by inspiration which is passed from teacher to student.

      Introducing Buddha
      3,8
    • Julius Caesar

      • 394bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      This edition of one of Shakespeare's best known and most frequently performed plays argues for Julius Caesar as a new kind of political play, a radical departure from contemporary practice, combining fast action and immediacy with compelling rhetorical language, and finding a clear context for its study of tyranny in the last decade of the reign of Elizabeth 1. The richly experimental verse and the complex structure of the play are analysed in depth, and a strong case is made for this to be the first play to be performed at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.'Daniell's edition is a hefty piece of serious scholarship that makes a genuine contribution.'Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada at Reno, Shakespeare Survey'This is a stimulating new look at a play which is too often exhibited in a critical museum.' Paul Dean, English Studies

      Julius Caesar
      3,8