I’m not familiar with this story and the cover tells me nothing! Great!
Robbie
2 years ago
The famous satire “A Tale of a Tub” is by Jonathan Swift. But it turns out Ben Jonson did write a play of the same name, so I’ll take back what I was originally thinking.
The general idea is OK. It’s a rewrite of the story in modern prose, with explanations of obsolete words and obscure lines, to help students get a grasp of the play before studying the original. But judging by the excerpt, I don’t hold out a lot of hope. Not to mention the description, which calls the play “A Tale of a Tale” and says it will make reading the play “much earlier”.
I’m not familiar with this story and the cover tells me nothing! Great!
The famous satire “A Tale of a Tub” is by Jonathan Swift. But it turns out Ben Jonson did write a play of the same name, so I’ll take back what I was originally thinking.
The general idea is OK. It’s a rewrite of the story in modern prose, with explanations of obsolete words and obscure lines, to help students get a grasp of the play before studying the original. But judging by the excerpt, I don’t hold out a lot of hope. Not to mention the description, which calls the play “A Tale of a Tale” and says it will make reading the play “much earlier”.