Stephen Greenblatt, the peerless critic and biographer of Shakespeare,
is at his most incisive in this slender collection of essays. Discussing
beauty, power, hatred, and—most crucially —the artist's own special
freedom, Greenblatt takes us on a journey that sheds new light on the
world of Cymbeline, The Merchant of Venice, and The Tempest.
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