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"This is a book from [ ] one of the great Shakespeare scholars of his generation. The book is well–written, at once lively and learned, engaging and informative. It is perfectly designed to help non–specialist readers enjoy Shakespeare′s plays better and yet it is also rich with insights that will challenge the specialist reader." David Scott Kastan, Columbia University
"Recommended for all public and academic libraries in need of fresh introductory materials on Shakespeare." Library Journal
"Essential. A must for lower–amd upper–division undergraduates; a pleasure for graduate students through faculty and for general readers." Choice.
The book is structured around Shakespeare s arc of human life from infancy and childhood to adulthood, advancing age and eventual death, as set out by Jaques in the so–called Seven Ages of Man speech from As You Like It.
Each stage in the life cycle acts as a lens through which the reader can view Shakespeare s major works. The result is a dazzling series of explorations on childhood, sibling rivalry, courtship, the competition of sons with their fathers, career choices and ambitions, disillusionment and loss of traditional faith, marriage, jealousy, midlife crisis, ageing fathers worrying about their daughters′ marrying, retirement, and so onward to second childishness and mere oblivion . Bevington reveals that Shakespeare wrote not just about human experience, but from human experience. His works represent a deeply humane portrait of humankind, and of the author himself, in a series of compelling dramatic representations.
This is a virtuoso performance by an eminent scholar, widely noted for his great gifts of explication and for his mastery of accessible prose.
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