The Age of Shakespeare (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Frank Kermode
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Time of Work: 1529-1642
- Setting: England
Frank Kermode's followup to his much-praised Shakespeare's Language (2000) is not a scholarly work in the usual sense but a volume in The Modern Library's Chronicles series. According to the publisher this is “a series of small-format hardcover originals, featuring the world's great historians on the world's great subjects. These [are] authoritative, lively, brief (most under 150 pages), and accessible books that bring history within the reach of the nonspecialist, the general reader.” Having scholars of Kermode's distinction contribute to this series is a real service; for...
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