2006, ISBN: 9780375503399

Facts On File, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.… More...

Facts On File, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects., Facts On File, Incorporated, 3, US: Random House, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. "[Ron Rosenbaum] is one of the most original journalists and writers of our time." -David Remnick In The Shakespeare Wars, Ron Rosenbaum gives readers an unforgettable way o f rethinking the greatest works of the human imagination. As he did in his groundbreaking Explaining Hitler, he shakes up much that we thought we unde rstood about a vital subject and renews our sense of excitement and urgency . He gives us a Shakespeare book like no other. Rather than raking over wor n-out fragments of biography, Rosenbaum focuses on cutting-edge controversi es about the true source of Shakespeare's enchantment and illumination-the astonishing language itself. How best to unlock the secrets of its spell? With quicksilver wit and provocative insight, Rosenbaum takes readers into the midst of fierce battles among the most brilliant Shakespearean scholars and directors over just how to delve deeper into the Shakespearean experie nce-deeper into the mind of Shakespeare. Was Shakespeare the one-draft wonder of Shakespeare in Love? Or was he rath er-as an embattled faction of textual scholars now argues-a different kind of writer entirely: a conscientious reviser of his greatest plays? Must we then revise our way of reading, staging, and interpreting such works as Ham let and King Lear? Rosenbaum pursues key partisans in these debates from the high tables of Oxford to a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop in a strip mall in the Deep South. He makes ostensibly arcane textual scholarship intensely seductive-and., Random House, 2006, 3<

2006, ISBN: 9780375503399

New York: Random House, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Type: Ex-Library First Edition, First Printing Ex-Library Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Except for library t… More...

New York: Random House, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Type: Ex-Library First Edition, First Printing Ex-Library Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Except for library tags on jacket, small date stamp on endpaper and library stamp on rear endpaper, in Near Fine Conditon. No pockets or cards. Slight tan mark on fore edge of text block. Clean, unmarked, tight and solid volume. Just when you thought there could be nothing more said on the subject---"--a personal confrontation with the inexhaustibility of the work, the frightening bottomlessness of Shakes[esre's genius---" a new approach, a debate, a conversation, a new way of rethinking the greatest works of the human imagination. xvii, 601 pages w/bibliographic notes and index. 9.5" x 6.5". 2006, Random House, New York., Random House, 2006, 2.5<

2006, ISBN: 9780375503399

New York: Random House, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. First printing. "In The Shakespeare Wars, the author articulates to a well-read lay audience his pass… More...

New York: Random House, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. First printing. "In The Shakespeare Wars, the author articulates to a well-read lay audience his passion for the work and describes the internecine squabbling that often characterizes Shakespeare studies." [Bookmark Magazine] Includes bibliographical references and index. Slight shelfwear to dustjacket, else a clean, unmarked copy., Random House, 2006, 3<