pickI actually finished it! It took a year & a half of reading on & off & several false starts before that, but while I couldn‘t get it to sustain my attention consistently, I really loved this when I was actually reading it! The French history plot line went over my head & I can‘t seem to follow battle scenes, but I loved how suffused this was with progressive philosophy, raw emotion, & beautiful writing. I‘d totally make this a🏝️📖pick. #doublespin
so-soAfter a quick run down through the life (which we don't know much about (but more than I thought)), the author looks at Elizabethan theatre and the poems, then takes us through WS's output, play by play. A short final chapter looks at WS's influence and reputation. The descriptions of the plays were too short to be useful unless you already knew the play. I think this could have been shortened and more time spent on the final chapter.
pickI expected this one to be super weird and it was, but turns out it‘s my kind of weird. Croft explores the relationship between authors and their translators and plays with language (I‘m sure even more than I realized), as well as winking at her own work. I didn‘t love the ending and this won‘t be for everyone, but I dug it.
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I read this book, yes...I have various editions...Do I need this edition? Yes!!! 😂
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Happy Shakespeare's birthday to all who celebrate! I'll be spending my evening finishing Harold Bloom's treatise on Falstaff, the second volume I'm reading in his Shakespeare's Personalities series after picking up his book on Lear late last year. Next up- Cleopatra! #Shakespeare
One of the best books ever written on people and what motivated them and why they do what they do. Hitchens is the writer who put me onto Powell.
