Much Ado About Nothing: A Verse Translation (Enjoy

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Much Ado About Nothing: A Verse Translation (Enjoy Shakespeare)
This complete, line-by-line translation of Much Ado About Nothing makes the language of Shakespeare's play contemporary while preserving the metrical rhythm, complexity, and poetic qualities of the original.
The aim is to capture both sound and sense of Shakespeare's comedy without the need for glosses or notes--to use contemporary language without simplifying or modernizing the play in any other way.

Features
- Line-by-line verse translations, not prose paraphrases.
- Complete. No lines deleted or simplified.
- Accurate, authentic iambic pentameter.
- Looks and feels like Shakespeare's original.
- Tone, complexity, and poetic devices preserved.
- Subtlety and richness revealed without distracting notes and glosses.
- Attractive, easy-to-read layout.
- Ready for theatrical performance.
Readers experience this comic exploration of male suspicion and its consequences with the challenge, comprehension, and delight of audiences 400 years ago--the way Shakespeare intended.

"Too often, unless we read a Shakespeare play beforehand, we process the language as if it were coming from a poorly tuned-in radio station. Shakespeare didn't write his plays to be experienced impressionistically as 'poetry;' he assumed his language was readily comprehensible. At what point does a stage of a language become so different from the modern one as to make translation necessary? Mr. Richmond is brave enough to assert that, for Shakespeare, that time has come. The French have Moliere, the Russians have Chekhov--and now, we can truly say that we have our Shakespeare."
--John McWhorter, Manhattan Institute

Country	USA
Author	William Shakespeare
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Full Measure Press
Manufacturer	Full Measure Press
NumberOfPages	160
PublicationDate	2009-04-22
Publisher	Full Measure Press
ReleaseDate	2009-04-22
Studio	Full Measure Press

Much Ado About Nothing: A Verse Translation (Enjoy Shakespeare)

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