Archive for November, 2008
Coffee Table Books: Feasts for the Eyes
They’re big. They’re heavy. And, for the most part, they’re gorgeous. They touch on a broad gamut of subjects, making any subject grand. Ralph Waldo Emerson (in his poem, The Rhodora) wrote, “Beauty is its own excuse for being.” That pretty much sums up my feeling about coffee table books. These books are their own […]
Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Shakespeare
In my last post, I reviewed Bill Bryson’s Shakespeare, his light and lively overview of the bard’s life and times. Bryson made it fairly clear that we know a lot less about Shakespeare than one might imagine or hope for considering his contribution to the English language and to English literature. As always, we are […]
