Calandra, Denis

Overview

Works:	53 works in 232 publications in 2 languages and 14,521 library holdings
Genres:	Criticism, interpretation, etc Drama Live sound recordings Operas Study guides Historical drama Stories, plots, etc Fiction
Roles:	Author, Translator, Editor
Classifications:	PT2666.A8, 832.914

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Denis Calandra

Cliffs notes on : Shakespeare's Richard II by William Shakespeare( Book )

Most widely held works by Denis Calandra

Macbeth : notes by Denis Calandra( )

20 editions published between 1979 and 1999 in English and held by 1,797 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A study guide to Shakespeare's play about a man who is told that he will be king, and acts to hasten the prediction's fulfillment; provides biographical information about the author, a brief synopsis, summaries and commentaries on each act, character analyses, review questions, essay topics, and a selected bibliography

Lord of the flies : notes by Denis Calandra( )

22 editions published between 1964 and 1999 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,771 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A study guide to "Lord of the Flies," the story of a group of boys who become savages after being stranded on a deserted island; providing biographical information about the author, summaries and commentaries on each chapter, an analysis of the book and its characters, review questions, and a selected bibliography

The crucible : notes, including life and background, list of characters, commentaries, critical analysis, the historical background, review questions and essay topics, appendixes, selected bibliography by Denis Calandra( )

22 editions published between 1968 and 1999 in English and held by 1,600 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Notes on The Crucible, including list of characters, commentaries, critical analysis, and more

Much ado about nothing : notes, including life of Shakespeare, introduction to the play, brief synopsis of the play, list of characters, summaries and commentaries, character sketches, suggested essay questions, selected bibliography by Denis Calandra( )

4 editions published between 1984 and 1993 in English and held by 1,409 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Notes on a comedy with two main plots. One the love affair of Beatrice and Benedick, the other a conspiracy against Claudio

Richard II : notes by Denis Calandra( )

9 editions published between 1982 and 2002 in English and held by 1,371 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is the drama of a king too fine and dandy to be an effective ruler. Faulted with incompetence and hoodwinked by his court, he loses his kingdom as the result of following his pleasure's course

The Comedy of errors, Love's labour's lost, & the two gentlemen of Verona : notes by Denis Calandra( )

8 editions published between 1982 and 2002 in English and held by 1,331 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Including life of Shakespeare, introduction to each play, list of characters in each play, summaries and commentaries for each play, and selected bibliography

Tartuffe, the misanthrope, & the bourgeois gentleman : notes by Denis Calandra( )

10 editions published between 1967 and 2002 in English and held by 1,289 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In Tartuffe, a witty 17th-century French comedy, a religious hypocrite almost succeeds in his plot to jail a naive friend and his family and thereby get the title to their home. The Misanthrope centers on a man who decides to speak and act with complete honesty, despite the fact that society has its hypocritical aspects. Love enters the picture, and the results are funny and filled with disillusionment. Moliere's play The Bourgeois Gentleman tells us about a boring, unimaginative, and newly wealthy man who decides that he will become a first-class gentleman. Many comic epi

Fathers and sons : notes by Denis Calandra( )

6 editions published between 1966 and 1998 in English and held by 1,186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Plays by Rainer Werner Fassbinder( Book )

6 editions published between 1985 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 719 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

New German dramatists : a study of Peter Handke, Franz Xaver Kroetz, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Heiner Müller, Thomas Brasch, Thomas Bernhard, and Botho Strauss by Denis Calandra( Book )

19 editions published in 1983 in 3 languages and held by 616 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cliffs Notes on Shakespeare's All's well that ends well, the merry wives of Windsor : notes by Denis Calandra( )

14 editions published between 1985 and 2001 in English and held by 577 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Here is one of Shakespeare's problematic plays and his most farcical. The arc of love's victory in All's Well That Ends Well doesn't compel an audience's compassion, yet it is still a skillfully written play. The Merry Wives of Windsor has been criticized for having been written in 14 days, yet it brims with wit and features a new tale of Falstaff, one of literature's greatest characters

Brecht's Mother Courage & the caucasian chalk circle : notes by Denis Calandra( )

3 editions published between 1977 and 2002 in English and held by 310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Using strong metaphors as a way to create a clear anti-illusionistic atmosphere, Brecht's works highlight humans' eternal grappling with their environment to get ahead in the world; nowhere is this more evident in Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Much ado about nothing : notes by Denis Calandra( Book )

12 editions published between 1984 and 1999 in English and held by 83 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The bitter tears of Petra von Kant by Gerald Barry( )

3 editions published between 2005 and 2010 in English and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Turgenev's Fathers and sons : notes ... by Denis Calandra( Book )

4 editions published between 1966 and 1993 in English and held by 77 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev's Fathers and sons by Denis Calandra( )

2 editions published between 1966 and 2002 in English and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Misanthrope & Bourgeois gentleman : notes by Denis Calandra( Book )

5 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 40 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Includes the life and background of Moliere, which is the pseudonym for Jean Baptiste Poquelin, lists of characters, general plot summaries, summaries and commentaries, and more

CliffsNotes on Moliere's Tartuffe, the Misanthrope & the bourgeois gentleman by Denis Calandra( )

2 editions published between 1968 and 2015 in English and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This CliffsNotes guide includes everything you've come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works

Mother Courage & the Caucasian chalk circle : notes by Denis Calandra( Book )

2 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 27 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

CliffsNotes on Brecht's Mother Courage & The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Denis Calandra( )

3 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 25 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

CliffsNotes on Bertolt Brecht's plays Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle