"This perfectly marvelous little book combines two of my favorite genres. It is at once a humanist manifesto--a very moving reflection on the humanities and how we might shepherd them into the future--and a series of remarkable readings of Shakespeare, the kind that renew and reorient one's connection to the plays. Who knew Shakespeare had such timely things to say about the uses and abuses of education? Shakespeare's Scholars invites us to reflect on the wisdom and folly of academies, then and now--to reflect, and perhaps to amend."-- Jennifer Bryan, author of Looking Inward: Devotional Reading and the Private Self in Late Medieval England "Sean Keilen's Shakespearian lessons for scholars are, as he says, lessons for students, and we are all students. But they are also wise and witty lessons for professionals: not just for schoolmasters, princes, and dukes, but for anyone who has ever let their job get the better of their life, who has ever let the dignity of an office eclipse the dignity of work."-- Jeff Dolven, author of Senses of Style: Poetry before Interpretation "This book changed the way I think about Shakespeare's scholars and my vocation as a critic and teacher. Read it if you want to find your way towards reading Shakespeare for wisdom, with Berowne, Rosalind, Hamlet, Horatio, Marina, and Prospero by your side. What does Shakespeare teach readers and audiences about learning, listening, and living well? This question is at the heart of Shakespeare's Scholars , a brilliant, beautiful meditation on the aspirations and failures of literary education in Shakespeare's plays and in our classrooms and libraries today.

"-- Julia Reinhard Lupton, author of Thinking with Shakespeare: Essays on Politics and Life.