One of the greatest literary critics of our time here provides a remarkable introduction to the genius of William Shakespeare through a study of ten of Shakespeare課ｪs most popular plays: A Midsummer Night課ｪs Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, Henry IV, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter課ｪs Tale,and The Tempest. The outgrowth of a lifetime of study and teaching, Frye課ｪs insights will inform and delight both the expert and the first-time reader of Shakespeare.課ﾏThe sensibility and wisdom informing the book make it a delight.課揄ﾛ･S. Schoenbaum, New York Times Book Review課ﾏThe most accessible and sheerly enjoyable of [Frye課ｪs] books課?.The effect is that of listening to a fluent, genial conversationalist who loves Shakespeare and unabashedly celebrates him in that high aspect of criticism well called 課ppreciation.課ｪ課揄ﾛ･Edmund Fuller, Wall Street Journal課ﾏA boon to both Shakespearean scholars and readers dipping into the Bard課ｪs work for the first time. 課? Written with verve, erudition and more-than-occasional humor, this 課umming-up課ｪ of 50 years of scholarship will be read with pleasure, profit and gratitude by drama lovers for years to come.課揄ﾛ･Kirkus ReviewsNorthrop Frye, professor of English, has been on the faculty of the University of Toronto for almost fifty years. He is the author of numerous books, including the seminal work Anatomy of Criticism
Dimensions: 227 x 14
Author: Northrop Frye
ISBN: 9780300042085
Format: Paperback
Pages: 186