Overview
Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big
Topics Shakespeare is the world's greatest writer. In this lively and
authoritative introduction, Paul Edmondson presents Shakespeare afresh
as a dramatist and poet, and encourages us to take ownership of the
works for ourselves as words to be spoken as well as discussed. We get a
wide sense of what his life was like, his rich language, and
astonishing cultural legacy. We catch glimpses of Shakespeare himself,
how he wrote and see what his works mean to readers and theatre
practitioners. Above all, we see how Shakespeare tackled the biggest
themes of humanity: power, history, war and love. Shakespeare scholar
Paul Edmondson guides us through the most important questions around
Shakespeare and in the process reminds us just why he is so celebrated
in the first place.