| Title | : | The Stranger In Shakespeare: Studies in the Archetypal Underworld of the Plays |
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| ISBN | : | 0760772371 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780760772379 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 263 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1972 |
In this provocative book, originally published in 1972, Leslie Fiedler turns his critical eye on what he calls the "borderline figure" in Shakespeare's plays and poems. Neither hero nor villain, this figure defines the limits of the human—it is the shadow, the other, the alien
The Stranger In Shakespeare: Studies in the Archetypal Underworld of the Plays Reviews
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The book has some interesting things to say with regards to the sonnets. However, I disagree with more than I agree with.
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A hard book to read. Its very disorganized and poorly written. Once you overcome that, and only with struggle did I, it had a real 1970 sociio-sexist bent that I did not find much suport in his chosen texts. Of course anyone can bend anything out of shape, but it is always up to the reader to question whether that logically fits -- in this book, I found he missed the bigger picture, to prove his small point.
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2.5-3☆
