Sky Gilbert
Autor de Guilty
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: By Joshua Sherurcij, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3484007
Obras de Sky Gilbert
My Night with Tennessee 2 copias
Shakespeare Beyond Science: When Poetry Was the World (74) (Essential Essays Series) (2020) 2 copias
Toller and Other Plays 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Otros nombres
- Gilbert, Schuyler Lee, Jr.
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1952-12-20
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Canada
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 33
- También por
- 3
- Miembros
- 219
- Popularidad
- #102,099
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 69
While the identity passages are certainly interesting (and physically impossible) they serve more to highlight the divide between the "old" use of language and the "new." The framing as a possible answer to Shakespeare's identity serves to make the reader pay close attention, which means we also gain a better understanding of the way language was changing.
The rest of the book is enlightening and well argued. I don't think a reader must necessarily agree or disagree, it is enough, at least at first reading, to take in the information and actively engage with the ideas. There is plenty of time to agree or disagree after one has worked to understand Gilbert's arguments. Otherwise, what exactly are you agreeing to or disagreeing with? A part of the argument?
While at times a bit dense the writing is quite approachable and rewards taking whatever time you need to deal with the dense areas. Whether you're into Shakespeare or into language and thought more generally this book offers a lot to ponder and wrestle with. Definitely recommended.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (más)