Introducing Shakespeare: A Graphic Guide
By Nick Groom and Piero
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Shakespeare's absolute pre-eminence is simply unparalleled. His plays pack theatres and provide Hollywood with block-buster scripts; his works inspire mountains of scholarship and criticism every year. He has given us many of the very words we speak, and even some of the thoughts we think.
Nick Groom and Piero explore how Shakespeare became so famous and influential, and why he is still widely considered the greatest writer ever. They investigate how the Bard has been worshipped at different times and in different places, used and abused to cultural and political ends, and the roots of intense controversies which have surrounded his work.
Much more than a biography or a guide to his plays and sonnets, Introducing Shakespeare is a tour through the world of Will and concludes that even after centuries, Shakespeare remains the battlefield on which our very comprehension of humanity is being fought out.
Nick Groom
Nick Groom is currently Professor of Literature in English at the University of Macau, having previously held positions at the universities of Chicago, Stanford, and Exeter, where he holds an Honorary Professorship. His is the author of The Vampire: A New History (Yale University Press) among other books published in Britain.
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Reviews for Introducing Shakespeare
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I really thought that this would give me an introduction to his works. However, this goes on to explain what others think of Shakespeare from 16th Century till now. Not worth your time if you want to read introduction to his works.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is the thing I hate about myself. If I like one thing on subject X, then for the next three months it's nothing but subject X. I've had this book since undergrad days, but never actually bothered opening it, but having read Bryson's Shakespeare, of course I had to look through my collection of books and round up anything even vaguely related to le Bard.
It's a pretty good primer covering the basic Shakespeare myths and theories, with some fun artwork. For anyone who has never read anything about Shakes before, this is a good place to start.
The book itself belongs to a series of introductions on a variety of subjects, the tone of which is pretty similar to the Horrible Histories series (love those books), but maybe just a smidge more grown up. I've just found one on postmodernism, so that should be turning up on here soon.
Very quick and enjoyable read.