Shakespeare After All

In Shakespeare After All, Marjorie Garber—professor of English and director of the Humanities Center at Harvard University—gives us a magisterial work of criticism, authoritative and engaging, based on her hugely popular lecture courses at Yale and Harvard over the past thirty years. Richly informed by Shakespearean scholarship of the latter half of the twentieth century, this book offers passionate and revealing readings of all thirty-eight of Shakespeare’s plays, in chronological sequence, from The Two Gentlemen of Verona to The Two Noble Kinsmen. With erudition lightly carried, Garber illumines the overarching patterns and lush details of the plays, closely attentive to what matters most in Shakespeare: language, theme, plot, and character.Here are fresh meditations on plays we have come to know and love, such as Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, and The Tempest, and fruitful engagements with others not often read or produced—Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3; The Merry Wives of Windsor; King John; Timon of Athens; Pericles; and Cymbeline. Garber affords us a rare chance to trace Shakespeare’s stylistic development as a writer of verse and prose, an artful designer of dramatic scenarios and revelations, a masterly sketcher of woman and man, and a keen observer of society high and low.Complete with a comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare’s life and times and an extensive bibliography, Shakespeare After All is a landmark work that enlarges our understanding of the most celebrated writer of all time. Contains All 38 Plays. The Two Gentleman Of Verona. -- The Taming Of The Shrew. -- Titus Andronicus. -- Henry Vi Part 1. -- Henry Vi Part 2. -- Henry Vi Part 3. -- Richard Iii. -- The Comedy Of Errors. -- Love's Labour's Lost. -- Romeo And Juliet. -- A Midsummer Night's Dream. -- Richard Ii. -- King John. -- The Merchant Of Venice. -- Henry Iv Part 1. -- Henry Iv Part 2. -- The Merry Wives Of Windsor. -- Much Ado About Nothing. -- Henry V. -- Julius Caesar. -- As You Like It. -- Hamlet. -- Twelfth Night. -- Troilus And Cressida. -- Measure For Measure. -- Othello. -- All's Well That Ends Well. -- Timon Of Athens. -- King Lear. -- Macbeth. -- Antony And Cleopatra. -- Pericles. -- Coriolanus. -- Cymbeline. -- The Winter's Tale. -- The Tempest. -- Henry Viii (all Is True) -- The Two Noble Kinsmen. Marjorie Garber. Bibliographical Notes Include 'film And Film Adaptions'. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 913-941) And Indexes. Here are fresh meditations on plays we have come to know and love, such as Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, and The Tempest, as well as others not often read or produced: Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3; The Merry Wives of Windsor; King John; Timon of Athens; Pericles; and Cymbeline. The author affords us a rare chance to trace Shakespeare's stylistic development as a writer of verse and prose, an artful designer of dramatic scenarios and revelations, a masterly sketcher of woman and man, and a keen observer of society high and low. Complete with a comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare's life and times and an extensive bibliography, this book enlarges our understanding of the most celebrated writer of all time Reflecting thirty years of scholarship, a comprehensive companion to the plays of Shakespeare presents the plays in chronological order, examining the playwright's stylistic and literary development and the recurring themes and motifs of the plays, accompanied by chapters on Shakespeare's world and stage, a critical biography, and a detailed index. 20,000 first printing.