Shakespeare
Author | : Mark Van Doren |
Publisher | : New York Review of Books |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2005-08-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 1590171683 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781590171684 |
Rating | : 4/5 (684 Downloads) |
Download or read book Shakespeare written by Mark Van Doren and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2005-08-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This legendary book by an esteemed poet and beloved professor at Columbia University features a series of smart, witty, deeply perceptive essays about each of Shakespeare's plays, together with a further discussion of the poems. Writing with an incomparable knowledge of his subject but without a hint of pedantry, Van Doren elucidates both the astonishing boldness and myriad subtleties of Shakespeare's protean art. His Shakespeare is a book to be treasured by both new and longtime students of the Bard.