Shakespeare and Ovid (Clarendon Paperbacks)
"Jonathan Bate, with the wind blowing briskly against him, is willing to write of Shakespeare and Ovid, separated as they are by centuries of historical turbulence....Bate's choice of Ovid as affording a means of returning to the idea of literature as transcending history seems to me both correct and very cunning....[A] marvellous book....Bate is, again and again, brilliant."--London Review of books"Well written and accessible, the book not only enhances one's understanding of Shakespeare, but may lead students to an interest in Ovid....Highly recommended."--Choice"Impressive in [its] scope and scholarship....Genuinely illuminating....Jonathan Bate has written the first comprehensive account of Shakespeare's relationship with the poet who influenced him the most deeply, Ovid....a fine example of scholarship put at the service of Shakespeare."--The SundayTelegraph"There is much to admire and to be grateful for inShakespeare and Ovid. It is quite simply the best study of the topic that has yet appeared."--Shakespeare Quarterly