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Devouring Shakespeare; Five Simple Tools
Enjoying Shakespeare is easy—understanding him is what’s complicated. To remedy this, Ehren Ziegler has outlined five concepts that can be applied to any of the bard’s plays, making Shakespeare more accessible and less intimidating.
From the back There are a number of ways you can experience Shakespeare—on the page or on the stage, in the classroom or in the living room—each with it’s own challenges and rewards. The one constant uniting all of them is the need to understand how Shakespeare works.
Devouring Five Simple Tools is a straightforward set of guidelines, developed in order to discover what makes Shakespeare tick. Created for the Chop Bard podcast, these guidelines have been used since 2008 to analyze the Bard’s plays, one bite at a time, cultivating a clearer understanding of Shakespeare for fans all over the world.
From the back There are a number of ways you can experience Shakespeare—on the page or on the stage, in the classroom or in the living room—each with it’s own challenges and rewards. The one constant uniting all of them is the need to understand how Shakespeare works.
Devouring Five Simple Tools is a straightforward set of guidelines, developed in order to discover what makes Shakespeare tick. Created for the Chop Bard podcast, these guidelines have been used since 2008 to analyze the Bard’s plays, one bite at a time, cultivating a clearer understanding of Shakespeare for fans all over the world.
- GenresNonfictionShakespeare
58 pages, Paperback
First published June 18, 2011
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About the author
Ehren Ziegler
2 books7 followersEhren Ziegler is an actor and artist, specializing in Shakespeare. He studied at U.S. International University, in San Diego, CA, and the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York. He is the author of Devouring Shakespeare: Five Simple Tools. Currently, he hosts Chop Bard (the cure for boring Shakespeare), a podcast that has been embraced by a worldwide audience of Shakespearean educators and enthusiasts since 2008.
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September 13, 2011
Shakespeare is one of those writers who you might dread reading but once you do, you're glad you did.
Well, now you can take a quick jaunt through Ziegler's book and find out that (a) Shakespeare's not that hard and (b) it's really worth your time to get a taste of the Bard. (IF you insist on reading the Bard at all--as Ziegler points out, the plays are plays and are meant to be seen. MUCH easier to understand that way.)
Ziegler brings his easygoing style we know and love from ChopBard: The Cure for Boring Shakespeare to his book and what a joy it is. If you are a teacher, this is required reading. If you're just in it for the fun of being able to say, "When I was reading Hamlet..." then this book is for you too.
You won't be disappointed (and the podcast is good too!).
Well, now you can take a quick jaunt through Ziegler's book and find out that (a) Shakespeare's not that hard and (b) it's really worth your time to get a taste of the Bard. (IF you insist on reading the Bard at all--as Ziegler points out, the plays are plays and are meant to be seen. MUCH easier to understand that way.)
Ziegler brings his easygoing style we know and love from ChopBard: The Cure for Boring Shakespeare to his book and what a joy it is. If you are a teacher, this is required reading. If you're just in it for the fun of being able to say, "When I was reading Hamlet..." then this book is for you too.
You won't be disappointed (and the podcast is good too!).
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