{"product_id":"more-than-a-play-of-fancy-spirit-in-the-works-of-william-shakespeare-9781621481416","title":"More Than a Play of Fancy: Spirit in the Works of William Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe undisputed virtuosity of William Shakespeare's theatrical works--and their perennial relationship to the experience of being human--assures their continued importance in the cultural life of the twenty-first century. However, Shakespeare is a subject of interest beyond the theater; his life and work remain among the foremost themes of literary and historical scholarship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNonetheless, virtually every scholarly commentary on Shakespeare's dramas remains unsatisfying on a deeper level. This is because the profound depths of these plays are not, in fact, accessible to a strictly intellectual approach. Shakespeare's \"realism\" relates just as much to the world we inhabit in our dreams as it does to our everyday consciousness. Taken as a whole, Shakespeare's dramas are characterized by the interplay of a brightly colored, dynamic \"dream\" world and a \"real\" world of authentic, even archetypal, psychological insight. This dual-nature of Shakespeare's plays serves as the author's point of departure in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing seven of his most loved and performed plays as examples, Willem Frederik Veltman uncovers the spiritual reality that hides--in full view, as an open secret--in Shakespeare's world of images. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exciting study looks at \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Macbeth; Hamlet; As You Like It; The Winter's Tale; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steiner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621481416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d","brand":"Willem Frederik Veltman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52360413675701,"sku":"9781621481416","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3b79ff0f-d26e-4d2f-bb41-a8f44a8171d0.jpg?v=1773720824","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/more-than-a-play-of-fancy-spirit-in-the-works-of-william-shakespeare-9781621481416","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}