The Age of Shakespeare

Name: The Age of Shakespeare
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Frank Kermode
ISBN: 9781440797675

Author: Frank Kermode

Narrator: Paul Hecht

Unabridged: 5 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/14/2008

Categories: Nonfiction, History, European History, Performing Arts, Theater, Literary Criticism

Synopsis

Britain's most esteemed scholar of 16th and 17th century literature, Frank Kermode is also a noted author and professor. In this Modern Library Chronicle, he uses the context of the Elizabethan Era to link each of Shakespeare's plays to their probable years of creation. By portraying the bard's England in terms of its society, economy, and arts, Kermode provides an invaluable guide to understanding Shakespeare's works. "Academics and common readers alike have much to learn from Kermode's illuminating and delectable study."-Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on May 28, 2011

I’ve found the Modern Library Chronicles books to be somewhat of a mixed bag, as another reviewer aptly put it. Hans Kung’s “The Catholic Church: A Short History” and Stephen Kotkin’s “Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment,” which I’ve recently also reviewed, were ve......more

Goodreads review by Jim on August 08, 2015

Although I am no Shakespearean scholar, and Kermode is, I have to say I was more pleased with Bill Bryson's book on the great playwright. I don't think there were any major clashes of interpretation, but there was too much reading of the plays in this one. No criticism there, but I just don't like i......more

Goodreads review by Laurel on February 03, 2020

I was pleased with how well Kermode (evidently pronounce CARmuddy) combines the times with the persons and the plays while still paying some attention to some of the current theories about each.......more