Shakespeare as a Portable Guide to the Human Condition

This book will serve to help the reader of Shakespeares plays by providing an introduction to the various literary critical issues that this great writer regularly generates. The help rendered is largely referential, reminding the reader who said what and thought what at which point within the plays. Some of the critical issues discussed include: What is the secret of the rounded Shakespearean character (for instance, Falstaff)? What is a problem play, and what kind of philosophical arguments does Shakespeare introduce in such plays? What is the value of Shakespeares perspective for thinking effectively in our world now? See more