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Shakespeare's Language - by  Frank Kermode (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Shakespeare's Language - by Frank Kermode (Paperback)

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  • A magnum opus from our finest interpreter of The Bard The true biography of Shakespeare--and the only one we need to care about--is in his plays.
  • About the Author: Frank Kermode has written and edited many works, among them Forms of Attention and a memoir, Not Entitled.
  • 256 Pages
  • Literary Criticism, Shakespeare

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In this magnum opus, Britain's most distinguished scholar of 16th-century and 17th-century literature restores Shakespeare's poetic language to its rightful primacy.



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A magnum opus from our finest interpreter of The Bard

The true biography of Shakespeare--and the only one we need to care about--is in his plays. Frank Kermode, Britain's most distinguished scholar of sixteenth-century and seventeenth-century literature, has been thinking about Shakespeare's plays all his life. This book is a distillation of that lifetime of thinking.The finest tragedies written in English were all composed in the first decade of the seventeenth century, and it is generally accepted that the best ones were Shakespeare's. Their language is often difficult, and it must have been hard even for contemporaries to understand. How did this language develop? How did it happen that Shakespeare's audience could appreciate Hamlet at the beginning of the decade and Coriolanus near the end of it?

In this long-awaited work, Kermode argues that something extraordinary started to happen to Shakespeare's language at a date close to 1600, and he sets out to explore the nature and consequences of the dynamic transformation that followed. For it is in the magnificent, suggestive power of the poetic language itself that audiences have always found meaning and value. The originality of Kermode's argument, the elegance and humor of his prose, and the intelligence of his discussion make this a landmark in Shakespearean studies.



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". . .the honey of a lifetime's visits to the Shakespearean garden . . . Kermode proves himself Coleridge's worthy heir." --James Woods, The New Republic

"[T]he crowning action of [Kermode's] splid career of criticism . . ." --Richard Howard, The American Scholar

"[A] wonderful book, in which a master critic at the summit of his powers pays homage to a master playwright . . ." --Kiernan Ryan, The Independant on Sunday




About the Author



Frank Kermode has written and edited many works, among them Forms of Attention and a memoir, Not Entitled. He lived in Cambridge, England, and frequently taught in the United States.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: .97 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: Shakespeare
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Paperback
Author: Frank Kermode
Language: English
Street Date: August 1, 2001
TCIN: 90810153
UPC: 9780374527747
Item Number (DPCI): 247-44-7419
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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