Northrop Frye on Shakespeare

by Northrop Frye

Book Overview

One of the greatest literary critics of our time here provides a remarkable introduction to the genius of William Shakespeare through a study of ten of Shakespeare's most popular plays: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, Henry IV, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest. The outgrowth of a lifetime of study and teaching, Frye's insights will inform and delight both the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300042086
• ISBN13: 9780300042085
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Really good lit...

I read this book in college and listened to it on this Naxos production. It is sophisticated and interesting, and I recommend it. I am going to get the Decameron production by Naxos, and I think that would be a five star production. I hope I don't get a very good spanking for not giving Fanny Hill five stars!

An excellent guide to Shakespeare

This is the book that opened Shakespeare up to me. In a college Shakespeare class, which I came into with a strong anti-Shakespeare bias, I found myself confused with the language, bored and indifferent with the stories and frustrated. So, I went out and picked up this book (I had read Frye's the Archetypes of Literature) and it immediately changed my outlook on the old bard. I soon noticed that much of what my professor was lecturing in class was taken from Frye's work. I had discovered the secret. This is a very readable, interesting and witty look into many of the Shakespearean plays. Frye is quite unusual for a literary critic, he's fun to read.

Two Words: "Green World"

This book is excellent. Only two words are needed to explain its incredible value: "Green World"! Nothing more needs to be said.

Powerfully erotic writing enhanced by Fielding's sensuality

I would pay to hear Emma Fielding read the dictionary. If anything is pure viagra, it is her wondrous, beautiful voice.

An enlightening look at Shakespeare's plays.

Frye expertly reviews and comments on over half-a-dozen of the Bard's best works. The only problem with the book is that he doesn't look at more of Shakespeare's works!