Molecular biology has revolutionized our understanding of animals and their evolution. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Holland provides an authoritative summary of the modern view of animal life, its origins, and the new classification resulting from DNA studies.
Testo inglese a fronte Fate e folletti popolano il mondo fantastico di questa commedia di Shakespeare, lieve e raffinata, in cui amori e tradimenti si susseguono con comicità e grazia incantevole. Dalla bellissima Titania, regina delle fate, innamorata perdutamente di un uomo dalla testa d'asino, al comico e irresistibile Bottom fino al capriccioso folletto Puck, i cui errori nel somministrare i filtri d'amore muovono le sottili trame della vicenda. Una commedia lieve e briosa, ricca di improvvisazioni e colpi di scena, che inaugura un nuovo tipo di rappresentazione nel panorama shakespeariano.
"Coriolanus is perhaps the most brilliant political play ever written. Set in Ancient Rome, it remains a gripping psychological study of the relationship between personality and politics. The introduction to this new edition considers Shakespeare's adaptation of his historical material (Plutarch's Lives) in relation to the social and political conditions in London and Stratford at the time of the play's composition, also offering new evidence that it was written in 1608. Professor Parker examines the play's history and particularly its staging at the Blackfriars theatre, where it was probably the first of Shakespeare's plays to be presented and for which it may have been written. A thorough commentary pays special attention to the needs of actors and directors."--Publisher description