num_pages: 302
description: This legendary book by an esteemed poet and beloved professor at Columbia University features a series of smart, witty, deeply perceptive essays about each of Shakespeare's plays, together with a further discussion of the poems. Writing with an incomparable knowledge of his subject but without a hint of pedantry, Van Doren elucidates both the astonishing boldness and myriad subtleties of Shakespeare's protean art. His Shakespeare is a book to be treasured by both new and longtime students of the Bard.
language: English
title: Shakespeare
titlecomplete: Shakespeare
genres: Literature, History, Classics, Criticism, Biography, Drama, Essays, Poetry, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 127
publisher: NYRB Classics