Hi Fellow 'Feasters,
I agree with Beverly's assessment of the Bryson book on Willie the Shake. It wasn't as good as I'd expected, but I was still glad I read it. My favorite part, besides his wry humor, is the great stuff about Shakespeare's contributions to language (chapter five.) I had a list before, but this one is much better.
Having attended Ellin Keene's seminar last week, I am all fired up about her newest book, TO UNDERSTAND. I'll bring it tomorrow night for you to see how elegant it is. We may chose to read it after next month's WWII epistolary read.
I now feel better; I have honored the blog.
Best to all,
Amy
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Shakespeare
I'm certainly going to have to send out a BLOG reminder. I thought I was remiss, as it's been almost 2 months since I posted, and now I see I was also the latest contributor.
So--SHAKESPEARE by Bill Bryson. He didn't shed a lot of new light on the subject, but he did a good job of bringing the time period to life and entertaining me at the same time. I would read most anything written by Bryson and also recommend his audios, especially his memoir, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID. If this one doesn't make you laugh out loud, something is wrong with you.
My favorite observation in SHAKESPEARE was his comment that everyone can immediately recognize a likeness of Shakespeare yet no one knows what he looked like.
So--SHAKESPEARE by Bill Bryson. He didn't shed a lot of new light on the subject, but he did a good job of bringing the time period to life and entertaining me at the same time. I would read most anything written by Bryson and also recommend his audios, especially his memoir, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID. If this one doesn't make you laugh out loud, something is wrong with you.
My favorite observation in SHAKESPEARE was his comment that everyone can immediately recognize a likeness of Shakespeare yet no one knows what he looked like.
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