Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction

• Germaine Greer is a prominent academic and best-selling author
• Clear introduction to Shakespeare's plays detailing moral and intellectual issues
• Only short introduction that looks at Shakespeare as a thinker as well as a writer
• Discusses on Shakespeare's influence on development of culture as well as literature

Readership: Students from A-level upwards of English literature and drama. General readers interested in English literature, drama, and Shakespeare.

Germaine Greer, Warwick University

"the clearest and simplest explanation of Shakespeare's thought I have yet read" - Auberon Waugh

"robust and forthright." - Hermione Lee, Observer

"Writing with full awareness that the plays were intended for the theatre, Greer is interested in the dialectic of language, performence, audience ... her clarity and her insistence on response make this an admirable book for sixth-formers." - Times Educational Supplement

1.: Life
2.: Poetics
3.: Ethics
4.: Politics
5.: Teleology
6.: Sociology
Note on sources, Further reading, Index