Shakespeare's Language - Hardcover

Kermode, Frank

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374226369 ISBN 13: 9780374226367

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2000

Synopsis

Plumbing the sweet mysteries of Shakespeare's "language," the author argues that the Bard's tragedies were probably difficult even for his contemporaries to understand and identifies a shift in Shakespeare's use of language around 1600.

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Review:

." . .the honey of a lifetime's visits to the Shakespearean garden . . . Kermode proves himself Coleridge's worthy heir." --James Woods, "The New Republic"

"[T]he crowning action of [Kermode's] splid career of criticism . . ." --Richard Howard, "The American Scholar"

"[A] wonderful book, in which a master critic at the summit of his powers pays homage to a master playwright . . ." --Kiernan Ryan, "The Independant on Sunday"

. . .the honey of a lifetime's visits to the Shakespearean garden . . . Kermode proves himself Coleridge's worthy heir. "James Woods, The New Republic"

[T]he crowning action of [Kermode's] splid career of criticism . . . "Richard Howard, The American Scholar"

[A] wonderful book, in which a master critic at the summit of his powers pays homage to a master playwright . . . "Kiernan Ryan, The Independant on Sunday""

." . .the honey of a lifetime's visits to the Shakespearean garden . . . Kermode proves himself Coleridge's worthy heir." --James Woods, The New Republic

"[T]he crowning action of [Kermode's] splid career of criticism . . ." --Richard Howard, The American Scholar

"[A] wonderful book, in which a master critic at the summit of his powers pays homage to a master playwright . . ." --Kiernan Ryan, The Independant on Sunday

About the Author:

Frank Kermode has written and edited many works, among them Forms of Attention and a memoir, Not Entitled. He lived in Cambridge, England, and frequently taught in the United States.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0374226369
• ISBN 13: 9780374226367
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 324