How to Understand Shakespeare's Plays

by Thomas Keightley

In reading and criticising the plays of Shakespeare, we must always bear in mind that they were written for the stage, not for the closet, to be acted, not to be read. Shakespeare, as it would appear, was utterly regardless of literary fame; he had, as we have seen, one sole object in view, to acquire as much money as would enable him to quit the hurry and bustle of London, and settle down in his native Stratford-on-Avon as a man of independent property,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 151713627X
• ISBN13: 9781517136277
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Createspace
• Length: 572 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"