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| Shakespeare After All | 
| Author: Marjorie Garber
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
List Price: $20.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 47051
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1008
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 1.8
ISBN: 0385722141
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.33
EAN: 9780385722148
ASIN: 0385722141
Publication Date: September 20, 2005
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Product Description
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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 Wonderful analyses of Shakespeare's works November 29, 2008
This is a wonderful book which helps the reader understand the language of Mr. Shakespeare. I am an English major at a university in California and my Shakespeare professor highly recommended this book to help us understand exactly what is contained in the elements of each play. I used it to help me understand and to write coherently about the element of disguise in "Much Ado About Nothing" for my term paper. The author dissects each play, bringing the symbolism and meaning to a level easily understood by the lay person.
Fascinating and thought-provoking January 12, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
 Easy reading and reference tool December 15, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Not as good as some other recent Shakespeare scholarship, but this is a good review before you read, see, or teach.
Informative, authoritative overview September 26, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
She makes it interesting! January 15, 2007
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
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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