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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.
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