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Sylvan Barnet (1926–2016)

Autor(a) de A Short Guide to Writing About Art

45+ Works 4,203 Membros 15 Reviews

About the Author

Sylvan Saul Barnet was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 11, 1926. During World War II, he served in the Army for two years. He received a bachelor's degree in English from New York University in 1948 and a master's degree in 1950 and a doctorate in 1954 from Harvard University. For the next mostrar mais three decades, he taught freshman writing and literature at Tufts University. He wrote or edited numerous textbooks including An Introduction to Literature, A Short Guide to Writing About Literature, A Short Guide to Writing About Art, The Study of Literature: A Handbook of Critical Essays and Terms, and Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing: A Brief Guide to Argument. In the early 1960s, he decided that his students at Tufts University needed an edition of Shakespeare with each play in a separate volume including an introduction and study aids. He presented the idea to editors at the New American Library. The editors approved of the idea and Barnet became the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series. He was the co-author with William Burto of Zen Ink Paintings, which was published in 1982. He died of cancer on January 11, 2016 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Obras de Sylvan Barnet

Eight Great Tragedies (1957) — Editor — 385 cópias
Eight Great Comedies (1958) — Editor — 348 cópias
The Genius of the Irish Theater (1960) — Editor — 61 cópias
The Genius of the Later English Theater (1962) — Editor & Introduction — 36 cópias
Zen ink paintings (1982) 22 cópias
Nine modern classics; an anthology of short novels (1973) — Editor — 19 cópias
Harper Anthology of Fiction (1991) — Editor — 12 cópias

Associated Works

Hamlet (1603) — Editor, algumas edições32,560 cópias
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (1589) — Editor, algumas edições31,576 cópias
Romeo and Juliet (1599) — Editor, algumas edições28,365 cópias
Macbeth (1606) — Editor, algumas edições25,895 cópias
Sonho de uma noite de verão (1603) — Editor, algumas edições19,661 cópias
Julius Caesar (1623) — Editor, algumas edições12,336 cópias
The Merchant of Venice (1600) — Editor, algumas edições11,340 cópias
Twelfth Night (1601) — Editor, algumas edições10,682 cópias
Doctor Faustus (1601) — Editor, algumas edições5,034 cópias
Henry IV, Part 1 (1598) — Editor, algumas edições5,017 cópias
The Winter's Tale (1623) — Introdução, algumas edições4,737 cópias
Measure for Measure (1623) — Editor, algumas edições4,364 cópias
The Comedy of Errors (1623) — Editor, algumas edições3,327 cópias
Coriolanus (1623) — Editor, algumas edições2,767 cópias
4 Plays: Hamlet; King Lear; Macbeth; Othello (1982) — Editor, algumas edições; Introdução, algumas edições1,103 cópias
The Importance of Being Earnest / Salomé / Lady Windermere's Fan (1898) — Introdução, algumas edições703 cópias
The Little, Brown Reader (1980) — Editor, algumas edições142 cópias
2 Plays: Henry VIII; King John (1986) — Editor, algumas edições137 cópias
3 Plays: Cymbeline; Pericles; The Two Noble Kinsman (1986) — Editor — 112 cópias

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Genius might be a bit...strong...for a number of these plays. They are standard issue morality plays from the early English theatre, and many of them are rather tedious. There are some truly great works in here, such as MacBeth and Marlowe's Faust. Jonson's Volpone completes the trifecta of worthy plays. I'm afraid Milton's Samson Agonistes left me cold. It probably reads better as poetry than as a play, but even then, it was too repetitive, and way too much logorrhea.
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Devil_llama | 1 outra resenha | Jan 28, 2019 |
A drama text book so the essays were a little dry, but a good broad collection of plays spanning the centuries.
 
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Jane-Phillips | Mar 23, 2018 |
I read this textbook for a sophomore level composition class. It's main focus is on teaching students to write argumentative essays. It contains several good essays on controversial topics that are worth reading. Highlights include essays by Jonathan Swift, Plato, Rush Limbaugh, and Thomas More (to name a few); and poetry by Robert Frost, Andrew Marvell, and Kate Chopin. The essays were thought provoking and well written.






 
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HSContino | May 20, 2016 |

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Sophocles Contributor
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August Strindberg Contributor
Euripides Contributor
Eugene O'Neill Contributor
Northrop Frye Contributor
Molière Contributor
Aristophanes Contributor
Anton Chekhov Contributor
John Gay Contributor
Ben Jonson Contributor
John Milton Contributor
Sir Philip Sidney Contributor
Jack B. Yeats Contributor
Lady Gregory Contributor
Frank O'Connor Contributor
Seán O'Casey Contributor
Sir John Gielgud Contributor
Kenneth Tynan Contributor
Bernard Shaw Contributor
William Congreve Contributor
Oliver Goldsmith Contributor
Charles Lamb Contributor
William Golding Contributor
David Hume Contributor
J.T. Sheppard Translator
Joseph Wood Krutch Contributor
E A Havelock Translator
E. M. W. Tillyard Contributor
I. A. Richards Contributor
William Archer Translator
C.D. Locock. Translator
F. L. Lucas Translator
L. J Potts Translator
G.K. Chesterton Contributor
Susanne Langer Contributor
Bonamy Dobrée Contributor
J. R. Hale Translator
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Lionel Trilling Contributor

Estatísticas

Obras
45
Also by
19
Membros
4,203
Popularidade
#5,981
Avaliação
4.0
Resenhas
15
ISBNs
235

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