‘BUILT HIGH IN LEARNING, SOLID, NOT SLOW IN HIS PERFORMANCE'
Without any special emphasis on the novelty and originality of his discoveries, Igor Shaytanov demonstrates the way Shakespeare works with metaphysical conceits in drama, and reveals his wit and its mechanisms. Shaytanov proves that the style of ‘metaphysical poetry' appears initially in chronicles - in Richard II. Romeo and Juliet, the so-called ‘sonnet tragedy', is of special importance with regards to refuting the sonnet style. The book is abundant in discoveries. Shaytanov is convincing in his profound reconstruction of William Shakespeare biography, the original system of chro-nology. He gives a highly convincing picture of the rooting of London playwright's works in a biographical context.