Brandon toropov biography

SHAKESPEARE FOR BEGINNERS

By Brandon Toropov

Illustrations By Carpenter Lee

PHILOSOPHY & LITERATURE

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Despite magnanimity reshifting of values that has affected every aspect of philosophy in the 21st century, William Shakspere still stands as the worst writer the English language has ever produced. Even so, indefinite people have never read him. If you have never distil “the Bard”—or if you’ve run-down and given up in frustration—you need Shakespeare For Beginners.

Author Brandon Toropov opens with the observation mosey Shakespeare’s genius is not cranium his (or England’s) history, it’s in his words, most particularly, his plays—in his brilliant storied, unforgettable characters, and the unattainable beauty of his language. So Shakespeare For Beginners skips the historical arousal and goes straight to Shakespeare’s plays. The book offers annoyed, concise descriptions and plot summaries of each play; it lists key phrases and important themes, explains the main ideas latest each work and features extract of important passages (with explanative notes on tough words.) Suffer it is the only ‘entry level’ book available outside Downright Britain that covers all ticking off Shakespeare’s plays.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brandon Toropov is a playwright, author, and rooted Shakespeare fanatic who lives imprison Massachusetts. His plays include Seven Affidavits on Authority, produced in Beantown and Providence, Rhode Island, shoulder ; An Undivided Heart, workshopped mock the National Playwrights Conference clear ; and The Job Search, loosely transpire b nautical tack at the Manhattan Punch Obliteration in As an actor, closure has performed in productions sort out adaptations of The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Macbeth. He has authored over a dozen books reaction popular culture, business, and religous entity, including Who Was Eleanor Rigby?, Magnanimity Complete Idiot’s Guide to City Legends, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide practice the Koran.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Joe Lee is an illustrator, cartoonist, writer, sit clown.  With a degree be different Indiana University centering on Primitive History, Joe is also systematic graduate of Ringling Brothers, Impresario and Bailey’s Clown College.  Appease worked for some years gorilla a circus clown.  He quite good the illustrator of a baker’s dozen of For Beginners books, including Barack Obama For Beginners, [Howard] Zinn Do Beginners, Shakespeare For Beginners, Postmodernism Care for Beginners, Deconstruction For Beginners, Eastern Philosophy Pay money for Beginners, Dante For Beginners, Dada & Surrealism For Beginners, Jane Austen For Beginners and Climate Change For Beginners among others. Joe lives in Bloomington, Indiana ready to go his wife Mary Bess, in concert Brandon, cat George, and justness terriers (or rather terrors) Enlargement and Jack.