The true biography of Shakespeare - and the only one we really need to care about - is in the plays. Sir Frank Kermode, Britain's most distinguished literary critic, has been thinking about them all his life. This book is a distillation of that lifetime's thinking. The great English tragedies were all written in the first decade of the seventeenth century. They are often in language that is difficult to us, and must have been hard even for contemporaries. How and why did Shakespeare's language develop as it did? Kermode argues that the resources of English underwent major change around 1600. The originality of Kermodes's writing, and the intelligence of his discussion, make this book a landmark.
| ISBN: | 9780140285925 |
| Publication date: | 5th April 2001 |
| Author: | Frank Kermode |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 324 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: plays and playwrights Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 |
The true biography of Shakespeare - and the only one we really need to care about - is in the plays. Sir Frank Kermode, Britain's most distinguished literary critic, has been thinking about them all his life. This book is a distillation of that lifetime's thinking. The great English tragedies were all written in the first decade of the seventeenth century. They are often in language that is difficult to us, and must have been hard even for contemporaries. How and why did Shakespeare's language develop as it did? Kermode argues that the resources of English underwent major change around 1600. The originality of Kermodes's writing, and the intelligence of his discussion, make this book a landmark.
Shakespeare's Language features in the following genres: Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
Shakespeare's Language is available in Paperback
Shakespeare's Language was written by Frank Kermode and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Shakespeare's Language has 324 pages
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