About the book
Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics
Shakespeare
is the world's greatest writer. In this lively and authoritative
introduction, Paul Edmondson presents Shakespeare afresh as a dramatist
and poet, and encourages us to take ownership of the works for ourselves
as words to be spoken as well as discussed. We get a wide sense of what
his life was like, his rich language, and astonishing cultural legacy.
We catch glimpses of Shakespeare himself, how he wrote and see what his
works mean to readers and theatre practitioners. Above all, we see how
Shakespeare tackled the biggest themes of humanity: power, history, war
and love.Shakespeare scholar Paul Edmondson guides us through the most
important questions around Shakespeare and in the process reminds us
just why he is so celebrated in the first place.
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