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Quick and fun, chatty, non-academic--displays unnecessary erudition at times (e.g., at the first mention of any place name, Asimov typically notes anyone and anything of world historical importance connected therewith)--this text is basically the learned scientist's book report after reading seven t...
I came across this book while studying for my M.A. test. Someone in the study group photocopied the revelent sections. This is proably the best guide to the plays, at least in terms of symbolism and allusion. Asimov does a good job of keeping his opinion of the play out of his writing and simply ...
A very good resource for one interested in the Judeo-Christian religion. This is, of course, from a very, very secular perspective, but I think that's a good thing. As a somewhat religious person myself, it's nice to have that counterpoint, to have those explanations (and possible explanations) for ...
It proves that he couldn't only write good and solid SF, but he was also an astounding expert on Shakespeare. I'm trying to get my hands on the digital version of these books, but to no avail. Still, it's still one of my personal references on Shakespeare on paper (along with "Shakespeare After All"...