[bksvol-discuss] Re: A novel I want scanned for my school, please?

  • From: Ali Al-hajamy <aalhajamy@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:43:09 -0500

Ann,
I found the edition of the play Nimit was looking for online (SparkNotes allows people to read this series for free on their website, it's only when you want an ebook or paperback of the play that they require you to empty your coffers and hand over some pelf, as I believe the kids say), and you're correct, it is Romeo and Juliet translated into modern, unaffected, unpoetic prose. Flat, boring, but possibly important as a sometimes school-mandated study aid for students just beginning to learn how to read Shakespeare who may require a modern translation alongside the original, which from what I gather is Nimit's situation. The other books of this series available on Bookshare are either novels (The Scarlet Letter) or books of poetry (Shakespeare's Sonets). There are no plays available because Bookshare doesn't allow them to be added to the collection unless they have a written agreement with the publisher. 

On 23-Feb-13 10:26, Ann Parsons wrote:

Hi all,
I do wish English Teachers would attempt to be intelligent!! Nimit, this book is a rendition of William Shakespeare's works, but it is probably written in Modern English or has editor's notes added. Have you tried looking for SparksNotes? Those are its editor. You do need to know which play you're going to be reading. Apparently, this editor has done many of Shakespeare's plays in the same way. I looked on Amazon, found lots of 'em, ranging in paperback from $1.00 to $6.00. Try Learning Ally.
Oh yes, it isn't a novel, it's a play, drama, as they say. Good heavens didn't your English teacher tell you all this? Which play is it? Frankly, one should read Shakespeare in its original Elizabethan, but that's just me. If you water it down, especially some of the more bawdy parts, you miss the whole point of things. "Ah, the course of true education never did run smooth ...". 

Ann P.


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