Miss Lucy in Town Book

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: All the Plays, All The Poems
(2 Volumes) Hardcover - 1974
by W. G. Clark (Editor), W. Aldis Wright (Editor) The works of William Shakespeare are arranged in chronological order, There is an introduction to each play, adapted from the Shakespearean primer of Professor Dowden.

Not a lover of Shakespeare? You're not alone. But, without Shakespeare we may have missed out on such quotables as: discretion is the better part of valor; all that glitters is not gold; It's Greek to me; eaten out of house and home, and many more.

Most alarming, without Shakespeare, Leonard McCoy would not have been able to quote, "Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!" in reference to Spock's ability to program the ship's computer for time travel, from memory, (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home). That just wouldn't do.





Shakespeare's Writing Style "William Shakespeare's early plays were written in the conventional style of the day, with elaborate metaphors and rhetorical phrases that didn't always align naturally with the story's plot or characters. However, Shakespeare was very innovative, adapting the traditional style to his own purposes and creating a freer flow of words. With only small degrees of variation, Shakespeare primarily used a metrical pattern consisting of lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter, or blank verse, to compose his plays. At the same time, there are passages in all the plays that deviate from this and use forms of poetry or simple prose." William Shakespeare Biography.com