The Oxford School Thesaurus is newly available in paperback. It has all the text of the hardback with thousands of synonyms & up-to-date example sentences. Each entry is in alphabetical order with its word class & a broad range of imaginative synonyms & supporting example sentences. It is powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus a unique electronic database of millions of words of writing for children. Tinted panels give more synonyms for words that are often overused for example put nice or say. Topic panels focus on curriculum vocabulary for the classroom. This authoritative thesaurus is the ideal companion to the pocket-sized Oxford School Dictionary. It has the same accessible design with guide words & the full alphabet on every page with a tab on the letter of the page to help with navigation. Plus for free downloadable word games puzzles & activities go online to the www.oxforddictionaries.com/schools website. ...

The Oxford School Thesaurus is comprehensive & easy to use. Each entry is in alphabetical order with its word class & a broad range of imaginative synonyms with supporting example sentences. Guidewords at the top of each page & the full alphabet with a tab on the letter of the page make it very easy to navigate; the page design is clear & straightforward. It features useful tinted panels on words that are often overused for example put nice or say. There are also almost 90 topic panels which focus on vocabulary connected to the topic to widen students choice & inspire their creative writing. A wealth of material in a very solid package powered by the Oxford Childrens Corpus a large electronic database of millions of words of writing for children. It is the ideal companion to the bestselling Oxford School Dictionary. For additional free downloadable word games puzzles & activities go online to the www.oxforddictionaries.com/schools website. ...

Carefully divided into 130 scientific themes the Oxford Science Study Dictionary has been written for students in the 11-16 age group. In invaluable reference book for all students to GSCE including the separate sciences of Biology Chemistry & Physics. ...

A Midsummer Nights Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakepeares plays. It brings together aristocrats workers & fairies in a wood outside Athens & from there the enchantment begins. Simple & engaging on the surface it is none the less a highly original & sophisticated work remarkable for both its literary & its theatrical mastery. It is one of the very few of Shakespeares plays which do not draw on narrative sources which suggests that it reflects his deepest imaginative concerns to an unusual degree. In his introduction Peter Holland pays particular attention to dreams & dreamers & to Shakespeares construction of a world of night & shadows. Both here & in his commentary he explores the plays extensive performance history to illustrate the wide range of interpretations of which it is capable. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

The Oxford Shakespeare General Editor Stanley Wells The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret & illuminate the works for modern readers
- a new modern-spelling text based on the 1623 Folio text
- on-page commentary & notes explain meaning staging language & allusions
- detailed introduction considers composition sources & critical & theatrical history
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Includes:: full text of Plautus Menaechmi & extracts from Gesta Grayorum & the Geneva Bible
- illustrated with production photographs & related art
- full index to introduction & commentary
- durable sewn binding for lasting use not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare. This is a major achievement of twentieth-century scholarship. Times Literary Supplement ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more.








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Hamlet's combination of violence & introspection is unusual among Shakespeare's tragedies. It is also full of curious riddles & fascinating paradoxes making it one of his most widely discussed plays. Professor Hibbard's illuminating & original introduction explains the process by which variant texts were fused in the eighteenth century to create the most commonly used text of today. Drawing on both critical & theatrical history he shows how this gusion makes Hamlet seem a much more 'problematic' play than it was when it originally appeared in the First Folio of 1623. The Oxford Shakespeare edition presents a radically new text based on that First Folio which printed Shakespeare's own revision of an earlier version. The result is a 'theatrical' & highly practical edition for students & actors alike. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

As Henrys throne is threatened by rebel forces England is divided. The characters reflect these oppositions with Hal & Hotspur vying for position & Falstaff leading Hal away from his father & towards excess. During Shakespeares lifetime Henry IV Part I was his most reprinted play & it remains enormously popular with theatregoers & readers. Falstaff still towers among Shakespeares comic inventions as he did in the late 1590s. David Bevingtons introduction discusses the play in both peformance & criticism from Shakespeares time to our own illustrating the variety of interpretations of which the text is capable. He analyses the plays richly textured language in a detailed commentary on individual words & phrases & clearly explains its historical background. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

When Claudio breaks the new laws against vice in Vienna by getting his financee Julietta pregnant a series of ethical issues is brought under scrutiny. His sisters virtue is held to ransom by the deputy rule of the city until justice is done mercy shown & order restored. This is among Shakespeares most vivid dramatic projections of moral duplicity. The introduction discusses the origins of his treatment of the well-known story & examines his sources. The editor also sets the play in its historical context & offers the most comprehensive available account of the texts theatrical life from Restoration adaptations to present-day productions. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

Sparkling with the witty dialogue between Beatrice & Benedicts Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeares most enjoyable & theatrically successful comedies. This edition offers a newly edited text & an exceptionally helpful & critically aware introduction. Paying particular attention to analysis of the plays minor characters Sheldon P Zitner discusses Shakespeares transformation of his source material. He rethinks the attitudes to gender relations that underlie the comedy & determine its view of marriage. Allowing for the plays openness to reinterpretation by successive generations of readers & peformers Zitner provides a socially analytic stage history advancing new views for the actor as much as for the critic. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

The Oxford Shakespeare General Editor: Stanley Wells The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret & illuminate the plays for modern readers
- A new modern-spelling text collated & edited from all existing printings
- Extensive introduction gives full attention to the play's bold treatment of racial themes gender & social relations
- Detailed performance history designed to meet the needs of theatre professionals
- On-page commentary & notes explain language word-play & staging
- Appendices on music in the play & a full translation of the Italian novella from which the story derives
- Illustrated with production photographs & related art
- Full index to introduction & commentary
- Durable sewn binding for lasting use 'not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare. This is a major achievement of twentieth-century scholarship.' ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more.







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