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.
| ISBN: | 9781590171684 |
| Publication date: | 31st August 2005 |
| Author: | Mark Van Doren |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 302 pages |
| Series: | New York Review Books Classics |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: plays and playwrights Literary studies: poetry and poets |
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.
Shakespeare features in the following genres: Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: poetry and poets
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Shakespeare was written by Mark Van Doren and published by New York Review Books
Shakespeare has 302 pages
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