{"product_id":"the-sweet-silvery-sayings-of-shakespeare-on-the-softer-sex-paperback-9781108001298","title":"The Sweet Silvery Sayings of Shakespeare on the Softer Sex (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108001298","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Sweet Silvery Sayings of Shakespeare on the Softer Sex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis anthology of Shakespeare passages about women, published in 1877, reveals Victorian middle-class reading tastes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Shakespeare (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108001298, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe anonymous 'Old Soldier' who compiled this anthology of passages from Shakespeare, published in 1877, states in the preface that he was inspired to make his selection by a passage in The Gentle Life: Essays in Aid of the Formation of Character, by the now largely forgotten Victorian essayist James Hain Friswell: 'If a man wanted to make a sugar-sweet book ... let him go through the plays of the great national Poet, and make an extract of those passages wherein he has exalted woman.' In thirty-three sections (four plays are omitted), extensive quotations present examples of 'exalted woman' and give an insight into the taste of the educated middle class in the mid-Victorian period.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. King Richard III\u003cbr\u003e 2. Romeo and Juliet\u003cbr\u003e 3. Julius Caesar\u003cbr\u003e 4. Troilus and Cressida\u003cbr\u003e 5. Antony and Cleopatra\u003cbr\u003e 6. Hamlet\u003cbr\u003e 7. Cymbeline\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Comedy of Errors\u003cbr\u003e 9. King Lear\u003cbr\u003e 10. King John\u003cbr\u003e 11. Coriolanus\u003cbr\u003e 12. King Henry VIII\u003cbr\u003e 13. First Part of King Henry IV\u003cbr\u003e 14. Second Part of King Henry IV\u003cbr\u003e 15. First Part of King Henry VI\u003cbr\u003e 16. Third Part of King Henry VI\u003cbr\u003e 17. King Richard II\u003cbr\u003e 18. Pericles, Prince of Tyre\u003cbr\u003e 19. Titus Andronicus\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Tempest\u003cbr\u003e 21. Two Gentlemen of Verona\u003cbr\u003e 22. Measure for Measure\u003cbr\u003e 23. Twelfth Night\u003cbr\u003e 24. The Merry Wives of Windsor\u003cbr\u003e 25. Much Ado About Nothing\u003cbr\u003e 26. A Midsummer Night's Dream\u003cbr\u003e 27. Love's Labour's Lost\u003cbr\u003e 28. The Merchant of Venice\u003cbr\u003e 29. Othello\u003cbr\u003e 30. As You Like It\u003cbr\u003e 31. All's Well that Ends Well\u003cbr\u003e 32. The Taming of the Shrew\u003cbr\u003e 33. The Winter's Tale\u003cbr\u003e Notes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265896829208,"sku":"9781108001298","price":25.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108001298i_bed37f04-7d94-4784-9e25-5e51c3a9a7c1.jpg?v=1694867054","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-sweet-silvery-sayings-of-shakespeare-on-the-softer-sex-paperback-9781108001298","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}