Product Description

Originally published in 1930, The Wheel of Fire is the masterwork of the brilliant English scholar G. Wilson Knight, in which he founded a new and influential school of Shakespearean criticism.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #235626 in Books
• Published on: 2001-05-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Review
'I confess that reading his essays seems to me to have enlarged my understanding of the Shakespearean pattern, which, after all, is quite the main main thing.' - T.S. Eliot

From the Back Cover
Originally published in 1930, this classic of modern Shakespeare criticism proves both enlightening and innovative. Standing head and shoulders above all other Shakespearean interpretations, The Wheel of Fire is the masterwork of the brilliant English scholar G. Wilson Knight. Founding a new and influential school of Shakespearean criticism, The Wheel of Fire was Knight's first venture in the field - his writing sparkles with insight and wit, and his analyses are key to contemporary understandings of Shakespeare.

About the Author
G. Wilson Knight (1897-1985). Literary critic, playwright, poet and actor.

Customer Reviews

A key tool
This work of criticism from the erudite Mr Knight, is a tool invaluable to a student studying Shakespeare. Mr Knight writes lyrically, clearly and in an english that is not arrogant of his esteemed position. The arguements are well crafted and sustained and provide insight into the multilayered textures of the plays. He knows his subject inside out and his viewpoints on Hamlet's soliloquoy's and Kinglear's grotesque humour, are extraordinary without being profuse. I personally find it a work of immense appeal, that i myself studying literature, have benefitted incalculably from. It is amazing how written in 1930 it still attracts an audience today: move aside bloom and Kermode!