Description: Richly informed by Shakespearean scholarship of the latter half of the 20th century, this book offers passionate and revealing readings of all 38 of Shakespeare's plays, in chronological sequence.
Review Quotes: "The indispensable introduction to the indispensable writer. . . . Garber's is the most exhilarating seminar room you'll ever enter." -Newsweek
"The best one-volume critical guide to the plays. . . . Stimulating and informative." -San Jose Mercury News "An enraptured ceremony of adoration. . . . Ambitious and thorough. . . . This is a useful book [and] a source of elucidation." -Newsday "[Garber's] introduction is an exemplary account of what is known about Shakespeare and how his work has been read and regarded through the centuries, while the individual essays display scrupulous and subtle close reading." -The New Yorker