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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.33
EAN num: 9780385722148
ISBN number: 0385722141
Label: Anchor
Manufacturer: Anchor
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 1008
Printing Date: September 20, 2005
Publishing house: Anchor
Release Date: September 20, 2005
Sale Popularity Level: 70184
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A brilliant and companionable tour through all thirty-eight plays, Shakespeare After All is the perfect introduction to the bard by one of the country’s foremost authorities on his life and work. Drawing on her hugely popular lecture courses at Yale and Harvard over the past thirty years, Marjorie Garber offers passionate and revealing readings of the plays in chronological sequence, from The Two Gentlemen of Verona to The Two Noble Kinsmen. Supremely readable and engaging, and complete with a comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare’s life and times and an extensive bibliography, this magisterial work is an ever-replenishing fount of insight on the most celebrated writer of all time.
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I have had this book for about a year, and I keep it right on my end table along with "The Complete Works of Shakespeare"- that's how often I refer to it. The book is simply phenomenal. The author, Marjorie Garber, provides intriguing analysis and insight into the Bard's works. For instance, she discusses how the play would have looked when presented to Elizabethan audiences, which we often forget about when reading the plays. As an example, I was disappointed in "Love's Labour Lost", the only play so far I have disliked. But the book pointed out that in this play Shakespeare used themes and jokes that an audience of the times would have understood and probably found hilarious.
The book starts with a wonderfully written bio of the Bard and then discusses each work in a separate chapter. This is no mere recap of the material here but an in-depth look at the work from psychological, historical, and literary angles. What I like about it is that it makes you think, and to appreciate Shakespeare's works more. For instance, a deeper meaning and themes can be found in all of the plays and poems- the interpretation of them is endless, and has provided me with endless fodder of analytical fun.
Highly recommended for the true lover of Shakespeare and of books that make you think.
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Not as good as some other recent Shakespeare scholarship, but this is a good review before you read, see, or teach.
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Garber's book is an excellent resource for anyone seeking an overall appreciation and understanding of the Shakespeare's plays. The chapters, one per play, are not laden with the usual scholarly apparatus and jargon, but are clearly written and offer intelligent interpretations and insights into the plays. The book's value lies in its usefulness for anyone interested in Shakespeare--the seasoned scholar or the newly interested reader. Recommended.
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Gerber gives excellent analyses of Shakespeare's works. My girlfriend, a theater student, loved it. I got into it, too, and I'm not even that crazy about Shakespeare. A great gift for the "discerning theater student" in your household.
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My husband and I are lawyers who have recently returned to reading Shakesepare, decades after college. We wanted literary criticism that was qualitative superior to the plot summary readers guide--criticism that would help us explore the imagery, themes and metaphors of the plays. Marjorie Garber is the answer to our prayers. We recommend to readers returning to Shakespeare that they purchase a paperback edition of each play with good notes to help with line specific language issues--the Arden series is the best-and then supplement/enrich the experience with Garbers insights. It is a pleasure for us to carefully read each play and then see what treasures she has mined based on her own reading and that of prior critics. We considerably prefer Garber to Bloom as a single compendium. Garber packs an enormous amount of insight into a single 30 page chapter. Shakespeare is surely worth the detail she provides. I would also suggest that you purchase the Ambrose DVD set of tapes of the great BBC plays--after you have read the plays it is wonderful to watch Jacobi et al. The DVD format enables captions which is very helful to savoring every line.
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