Shakespeare Criticism Books

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Shakespeare After All Shakespeare After All (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 1,093 ratings — published 2004
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Shakespearean Tragedy Shakespearean Tragedy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 823 ratings — published 1904
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A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 4,327 ratings — published 2005
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Shakespeare: The World as Stage Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 48,587 ratings — published 2007
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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 3,685 ratings — published 1998
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Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 10,769 ratings — published 2004
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Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 2,718 ratings — published 2018
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Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.64 — 11 ratings — published 1998
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The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 2,475 ratings — published 2015
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The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 770 ratings — published 2007
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The Age of Shakespeare (Modern Library Chronicles) The Age of Shakespeare (Modern Library Chronicles)
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avg rating 3.66 — 267 ratings — published 2004
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Northrop Frye on Shakespeare Northrop Frye on Shakespeare (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 213 ratings — published
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Shakespeare in Perspective Shakespeare in Perspective (Paperback)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1982
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Shakespeare Our Contemporary Shakespeare Our Contemporary (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 450 ratings — published 1961
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The Wheel of Fire The Wheel of Fire (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 151 ratings — published 1930
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A Theatre of Envy: William Shakespeare A Theatre of Envy: William Shakespeare (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 198 ratings — published 1990
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Shakespeare's Philosophy: Discovering the Meaning Behind the Plays Shakespeare's Philosophy: Discovering the Meaning Behind the Plays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 210 ratings — published 2006
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Will and Me: How Shakespeare Took Over My Life Will and Me: How Shakespeare Took Over My Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 100 ratings — published 2006
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Recycling Shakespeare (Applause Acting Series) Recycling Shakespeare (Applause Acting Series)
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avg rating 3.36 — 11 ratings — published 2000
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Shakespeare: the dark comedies to the last plays;: From satire to celebration Shakespeare: the dark comedies to the last plays;: From satire to celebration (Hardcover)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2005
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This Is Shakespeare This Is Shakespeare (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 1,300 ratings — published 2019
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What Was Shakespeare Really Like? What Was Shakespeare Really Like? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 88 ratings — published
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William Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) William Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
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avg rating 3.57 — 143 ratings — published 2015
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Preface to Shakespeare Preface to Shakespeare (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.62 — 365 ratings — published 1778
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Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 48 ratings — published 1960
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Shakespeare and the Jews Shakespeare and the Jews (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 107 ratings — published 1995
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Mad about Shakespeare: From Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room Mad about Shakespeare: From Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room (Audiobook)
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avg rating 4.13 — 172 ratings — published 2022
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Iago: The Strategies of Evil (Shakespeare's Personalities Book 4) Iago: The Strategies of Evil (Shakespeare's Personalities Book 4)
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avg rating 3.56 — 167 ratings — published
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Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 1,501 ratings — published 2023
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The Portrait of Mr. W.H. The Portrait of Mr. W.H. (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.57 — 2,381 ratings — published 1889
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King Lear King Lear (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 18 ratings — published 1999
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Falstaff: Give Me Life (Shakespeare's Personalities) Falstaff: Give Me Life (Shakespeare's Personalities)
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avg rating 3.70 — 260 ratings — published 2017
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How to Read and Understand Shakespeare How to Read and Understand Shakespeare (Audible Audio)
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avg rating 4.31 — 334 ratings — published 2013
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Nothing Like the Sun Nothing Like the Sun (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 1,311 ratings — published 1964
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Shakespeare's Tragedies Shakespeare's Tragedies (Audio CD)
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avg rating 4.18 — 90 ratings — published 2007
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Shakespeare's English: A Practical Linguistic Guide Shakespeare's English: A Practical Linguistic Guide (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.80 — 5 ratings — published 2012
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Shakespeare: The Word and the Action Shakespeare: The Word and the Action (Audio CD)
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avg rating 4.14 — 145 ratings — published 1995
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Alternative Shakespeares (New Accents) Alternative Shakespeares (New Accents)
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avg rating 3.82 — 28 ratings — published 1985
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William Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories and Tragedies William Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories and Tragedies (Audible Audio)
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avg rating 4.18 — 271 ratings — published 1999
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Shakespeare's Montaigne: The Florio Translation of the Essays, A Selection (New York Review Books Classics) Shakespeare's Montaigne: The Florio Translation of the Essays, A Selection (New York Review Books Classics)
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avg rating 4.10 — 90 ratings — published 1603
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Women of Will: Following the Feminine in Shakespeare's Plays Women of Will: Following the Feminine in Shakespeare's Plays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 424 ratings — published 2015
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Shakespeare Shakespeare (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 142 ratings — published 1939
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How to Think Like Shakespeare: Lessons From a Renaissance Education How to Think Like Shakespeare: Lessons From a Renaissance Education (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 397 ratings — published
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Life In Shakespeare's England Life In Shakespeare's England (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.41 — 17 ratings — published 1911
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Shakespeare in Swahililand: In Search of a Global Poet Shakespeare in Swahililand: In Search of a Global Poet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.67 — 58 ratings — published 2016
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Shakespeare and Continental Philosophy Shakespeare and Continental Philosophy (Paperback)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2014
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Philosophical Shakespeares Philosophical Shakespeares (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.33 — 3 ratings — published 2000
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Shakespeare's Theatres and the Effects of Performance (The Arden Shakespeare Library) Shakespeare's Theatres and the Effects of Performance (The Arden Shakespeare Library)
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avg rating 4.21 — 19 ratings — published 2013
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Twelfth Night (Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages) Twelfth Night (Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages)
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avg rating 4.14 — 7 ratings — published 1987
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The Rhetoric of the Body from Ovid to Shakespeare (Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture, Series Number 35) The Rhetoric of the Body from Ovid to Shakespeare (Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture, Series Number 35)
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avg rating 4.15 — 13 ratings — published 1996
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Stewart Stafford
“For then what wouldst thou know, flitting 'twixt waking and sleep!”
Stewart Stafford

Carl William Brown
“As far as the development of human happiness is concerned I would say that egoism is the higher form of stupid ignorance that prevents it.”
Carl William Brown, William Shakespeare Aphoristic Dictionary: With essays by Carl William Brown

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