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Title: Shakespeare and the Arts of Language (Oxford Shakespeare Topics) by Russ McDonald ISBN: 0-19-871171-9 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Absolutely indispensible
Comment: This book is one of the few books of Shakespearean scholarship that I have read which I find completely, unequivocably indispensible. If you have ever been interested in just how Will Shakespeare does what he does with language, Prof. McDonald's book is the one to read. Thorough but not overlong, it is actually a speedy read.
As for spotchboy, there is absolutely NO evidence for an authorship controversy. This "identity question" was created by bored, insipid people who have a penchant for conspiracy theories. Prof. McDonald ignores that question because there is no issue to discuss, and the book deals with the arts of language. I wish the self-proclaimed "anti-Stratfordians" would realize the arts of scholarship. But it is refreshing to see that even they can realize how great a piece of scholarship this is.
Rating: 4
Summary: excellent but one glaring ommision
Comment: It's no surprise that Prof. McDonald has written such an interesting, informative book. Way back when he was my favorite professor. His enthusiam and understanding got me hooked on the Bard. The one major drawback is his complete disregard of the current authorship scholarship that pretty much settles the identity question, proving for all intents that the Shakespeare canon was written by the Edward deVere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. (For those wishing to learn more, a good place to start in this area is Joseph Sobran's "Alias Shakespeare".) Like most scholars in the academy, McDonald chooses to remain in deep denial about this. So much for disinterested free inquiry. Such a pity.
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Title: Shakespeare's Metrical Art by George T. Wright ISBN: 0520076427 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: December, 1991 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear & Macbeth (New Shakespeare Library) by A. C. Bradley ISBN: 0140530193 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms by Richard A. Lanham ISBN: 0520076699 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: January, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ISBN: 0385504209 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Emergence of a Nation State 1529-1660: The Commonwealth of England 1529-1660 (2nd Edition) by A.G.R. Smith ISBN: 0582238889 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 26 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $53.00 |
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