Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction

Description

Examines Shakespeare's plays, showing how he dramatized moral and intellectual issues in such a way that his audience became dazzlingly aware of an imaginative dimension to daily life. This book argues that as long as Shakespeare's work remains central to English cultural life, it will retain the values, which make it unique in the world.

Reviews

the clearest and simplest explanation of Shakespeare's thought I have yet read Auberon Waugh robust and forthright. Hermione Lee, Observer Writing with full awareness that the plays were intended for the theatre, Greer is interested in the dialectic of language, performence, audience ... her clarity and her insistence on response make this an admirable book for sixth-formers. Times Educational Supplement