A Short History of Shakespearean Criticism

by Arthur M. Eastman

Book Overview

The Shakespeare industry, one reviewer has remarked, seems to be one in which there is no unemployment. Each year new interpretations are put forth as hundreds of books and articles are added to the list of critical studies of Shakespeare. Now Arthur M. Eastman's A Short History of Shakespearean Criticism, a descriptive and analytical survey, fills the needs for an authoritative introduction to the major criticism of Shakespeare from his own time...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393007057
• ISBN13: 9780393007053
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Exquisite Erudition - A Masterpiece.

A Short History of Shakespearean Criticism is a cathedral of a book. I should admit that I am susceptible to the radiance of thoughts about thoughts about Shakespeare's thoughts. I will simply say that I have seldom read a more balanced and less biased study. I only wish it was several volumes long. I believe each chapter sent me into flights of philosophy and pleasure. I hope that anyone who has a taste for lit-crit and a true, deep love of the Bard will read this book. It fell into my hands as if by magic and I recommend it without any reservations. JCSMITHSON.