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Shakespeare After All

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Nov 19, 2008 - Drama - 1008 pages
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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It is a great reference book. - Goodreads
This book is a great reference and a great read. - Goodreads
No unpacking of the plot. - Goodreads

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User Review  - Rozonda - Goodreads

Deep, rich, easy to follow and to understand, this book is a jewel for all Shakespeare lovers,both newbies and experts. This play by play analysis shows cultural, linguistic and social aspects of the ... Read full review

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User Review  - James Weisbach - Goodreads

Good essays overall, some better than others. I think Garber's writing is occasionally dry, but I found this to be, overall, a helpful companion to the plays. Read full review

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About the author (2008)

Marjorie Garber is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English and American Literature and Language and chair of the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University. She lives in Cambridge and Nantucket, Massachusetts.


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