What do I know about Shakespeare? Or maybe that's the wrong question altogether, a director suggests.(new books)(Will In The World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare)(Why Shakespeare: An Introduction To The Playwright's Art)(How To Enjoy Shakespeare)(Book Review)
American Theatre, September, 2005 by Moscone, Jonathan
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In Stephen Greenblatt's revelatory book WILL IN THE WORLD: HOW SHAKESPEARE BECAME SHAKESPEARE (W.W. Norton & Co., New York City. 448 pp, $14.95 paper), coming out in paperback this month, Shakespeare is not only whisked off his pedestal and placed firmly on the ground--he is deposited among the citizenry, revealed as a fellow curious about everything around him and passionate about the machinations of love, society and politics in his unique time.
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In Greenblatt's mixture of historical facts and creative musings, Shakespeare is depicted as a citizen whose poetic vision was ...
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