So I stopped at the BYU bookstore on my way home from class Friday hoping to check out what titles they had
about Shakespeare. I only had a minute to spare, but I thought I could at least browse. Unfortunately, when I asked at the info desk if they had books
about The Bard, not simply books by him, the guy behind the counter looked at me like I was Caliban. So I had him point me in the direction of the books
by Shakespeare anyways.
Earlier in the week, I should add that I was looking for Shakespeare apps for my iphone and stumbled upon one called No Fear Shakespeare, created by SparkNotes (which is now crashing every time I try to open it. Of course it would when I'm trying to tell you all about it - sigh). Anyhow, to my understanding, it presents Shakespeare texts side-by-side with their vernacular translation. It has a few acts of a few works available for perusal and the rest, ya gotta pay for. It looks pretty neat.
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| No Fear Shakespeare example of side-by-side translations |
Now back to the bookstore-that-lacks-works-about-Shakespeare-and-only-has-works-
by-him. I was looking at different editions of the texts and one of the sections caught my eye... No Fear Shakespeare! Totally cool! So I grabbed a copy of a play that my family is going to go see this summer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, As You Like It.
