斯蒂芬·格林布拉特(Stephen Greenblatt)，著名文学批评家、莎士比亚研究学者、作家，哈佛大学约翰·科根校级教授（John Cogan University Professor），《诺顿版莎士比亚全集》主编，曾获梅隆杰出人文学者奖、普利策奖、美国国家图书奖等，著有《大转向》《莎士比亚的自由》《亚当夏娃浮沉录》（以上三部作品已由甲骨文推出中文版）、《俗世威尔》（Will in the World）等知名作品。 唐建清，南京大学文学院退休教师，译有奥威尔《一九八四》、毛姆《在中国屏风上》、纳博科夫《独抒己见》、菲茨杰拉德《夜色温柔》、《2081：冯内古特短篇小说全集》、格林布拉特《莎士比亚的自由》《大转向》等。

As an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social causes, the psychological roots, and the twisted consequences of tyranny. In exploring the psyche (and psychoses) of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, Coriolanus, and the societies they rule over, Stephen Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the ...(展开全部)

"Brilliant, beautifully organized, exceedingly readable."―Philip Roth World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores the playwright’s insight into bad (and often mad) rulers. Examining the psyche―and psychoses―of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute...(展开全部)

奥登的评论，可同时参考他的The Dyer's hand中的"The Shakesperian City”部分。他的评论比较重视基督教心理学对莎士比亚的影响。他对《威尼斯商人》的讨论相当有意思。

Comprising the complete works of William Shakespeare, based on the Oxford edition, this book has been edited and annotated to provide a single-column text. Each play has an introduction aimed at encouraging a fresh approach to the work. In the general introduction, the editor draws a picture of everyday life in Elizabethan England: the culture, the people, commerce, politics an...(展开全部)

Comprising the complete works of William Shakespeare, based on the Oxford edition, this book has been edited and annotated to provide a single-column text. Each play has an introduction aimed at encouraging a fresh approach to the work. In the general introduction, the editor draws a picture of everyday life in Elizabethan England: the culture, the people, commerce, politics an...(展开全部)

"No-one can make us love love as much as Shakespeare, and no-one can make us despair of it as effectively as he does". William Shakespeare is the only classical author to remain widely popular - not only in America but throughout the world - and Allan Bloom argues that this is because no other writer holds up a truer mirror to human nature. Unlike the Romantics and other modern...(展开全部)

Among Shakespeare's many biographers none brings to his subject more passion and feeling for the creative act than Anthony Burgess. He breathes life into Shakespeare the man and invigorates his times. His portrait of the age builds upon an almost personal tenderness for Shakespeare and his contemporaries (especially Ben Jonson), and on a profound sense of literary and theatrica...(展开全部)

Among Shakespeare's many biographers none brings to his subject more passion and feeling for the creative act than Anthony Burgess. He breathes life into Shakespeare the man and invigorates his times. His portrait of the age builds upon an almost personal tenderness for Shakespeare and his contemporaries (especially Ben Jonson), and on a profound sense of literary and theatrica...(展开全部)

威廉·莎士比亚于1564年4月26日在埃文河畔的英格兰小镇斯特拉特福受洗，是富商约翰·莎士比亚和他的妻子玛丽·阿登的第三个孩子。据推测，少年时期的莎士比亚就读过斯特拉特福文法学校，并在那里学习了英语、希腊语和拉丁语。但历史学家不能确定莎士比亚具体的出生日期。 1582年，莎士比亚与安妮·哈撤韦结婚。这对夫妇在1583年有了女儿苏珊娜，两年后又有7双胞胎哈姆尼特和朱迪思。在1585年到1592年期间，莎士比亚住在伦敦。在那里，他先是当了一名演员，后来成为了剧作家。他的剧团即国王剧团，经常在环球剧场表演，莎士比亚是该剧场的股东之一。 莎士比亚一生共写了37部戏剧、一些诗歌和大量的十四行诗。1611年，他离开剧场喧嚣的生活，归隐于斯特拉特福镇，住在镇上的第二大房子里，成为了一名乡绅。这之后，莎士比亚度过了5年平静的生活于1616年4月2...(展开全部)