Book recommendations?

[kempermentor]

> Carol earlier:
> ...if you want to be culturally literate 
> ..., it's really a good idea ... to read Shakespeare's plays. 

> > Kemper earlier:
> ...I'm looking to understand other English speaking
> cultures through their writings.
 
> Carol again:
> Then wouldn't Shaksepeare qualify?

Kemper now:
Yes.  But it is a mainstay.  (Plus I've gone to the Oregon Shakespeare
Festival every year for the past eight years with this year being the
ninth.) I'm looking for a hidden gem.  

  
> Carol:
> ...
> Here's "Ozymandias," which is a sonnet and consequently all of
> fourteen lines, justly famous:
> 
>         ... snip poem ...
> 
> ... The poem has three speakers, the unnamed narrator, the
> traveler, and Ozymandias, and the subtle irony is, IMO, very
> powerful.

Kemper now:
Thanks for posting the poem Carol!  
I'm a dumdum when it comes to irony: is it that the poet is now the
'King', you are the 'traveler' (well met on the road to HP), and I am
now the unknown narrator?

Again... I'm a bit of a dumdum so bare with me :)

Kemper, who will most likely be watching Othello, Our Town, and The
Clay Cart later this year