RaveQueensland Reviewers CollectiveScott Newstok’s How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education really is a feel good book. A thick lather of the author’s enthusiasm, a comprehensive coverage of his subject matter, and the common sense inherent in his value judgments, work together to whip up a likeminded enthusiasm in his readers. It has an advantage of being a small book, easily transported in a bag ... The book delivers what it promises ... Exercises leading to refinement, conversation generating precision, teaching a common stock of knowledge seen as privileging, constraints on reading and thinking, failure to allow our thinking, as well as our words, to stretch the boundaries...all feature in Newstok’s breathtaking work. All aspects are argued in cogent fashion. Some views may be thought extreme, but no one can deny the passion, the brilliance of the thought, the cogency of the argument, and the depth and breadth of the writer’s knowledge ... I found the experience of reading Newstok nothing short of exhilarating.
