Books by Jonathan Bate (editor)

2. Jonathan Bate, How the Classics Made Shakespeare .  “One key argument is that Shakespeare’s form of classical fabling was profoundly antiheroic because it was constantly attuned to the force of sexual desire.”  Bate is very smart and this book shows it.

3. The Soul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare , by Jonathan Bate.  This book offers plenty of good information but it didn't bring Shakespeare to life for me.  Should I prefer the less reliable yet more Shakespearean Stephen Greenblatt book?