Nine lives of William Shakespeare / Graham Holderness.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Shakespeare nowPublication details: London, Eng. ; New York : Continuum, Description: x, 215 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781441151858
  • 1441151850
  • 9783525550243
  • 3525550243
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 822.33 23
LOC classification:
  • PR2894 .H595 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Life one. Shakespeare the writer ; Story: 'The Shakespeare Code' -- Life two. Shakespeare the player ; Memoir: 'Master Shakespeare's instructions to the actors' -- Life three. Shakespeare the butcher boy ; Memoir: 'Some further account of the life &c. of Mr. William Shakespear' -- Life four. Shakespeare the businessman ; Story: 'Best for winter' -- Life five. Shakespeare in love: 'Husband, I come' ; Memoir: 'Shakespeare's ring : first circle' -- Life six. Shakespeare in love: 'Fair friend' ; Story: 'The adventure of shakespeare's ring' -- Life seven. Shakespeare in love: 'A female evil' ; Story: 'Shakespeare's ring : full circle' -- Life eight. Shakespeare the Catholic ; Story: 'He dyed a papist' -- Life nine. Shakespeare's face: 'The mind's construction' ; Fable: 'An account of a voyage to Bardolo'.
Summary: Who was Shakespeare and how did he live? Combining fact, tradition and imagination, Shakespeare's many lives are told in 9 possible ways. We know relatively little about Shakespeare's life, and yet it continues to fascinate us. This new biography identifies and expounds the many possible lives that can reasonably be drawn around the basic facts.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212) and index.

Who was Shakespeare and how did he live? Combining fact, tradition and imagination, Shakespeare's many lives are told in 9 possible ways. We know relatively little about Shakespeare's life, and yet it continues to fascinate us. This new biography identifies and expounds the many possible lives that can reasonably be drawn around the basic facts.

Life one. Shakespeare the writer ; Story: 'The Shakespeare Code' -- Life two. Shakespeare the player ; Memoir: 'Master Shakespeare's instructions to the actors' -- Life three. Shakespeare the butcher boy ; Memoir: 'Some further account of the life &c. of Mr. William Shakespear' -- Life four. Shakespeare the businessman ; Story: 'Best for winter' -- Life five. Shakespeare in love: 'Husband, I come' ; Memoir: 'Shakespeare's ring : first circle' -- Life six. Shakespeare in love: 'Fair friend' ; Story: 'The adventure of shakespeare's ring' -- Life seven. Shakespeare in love: 'A female evil' ; Story: 'Shakespeare's ring : full circle' -- Life eight. Shakespeare the Catholic ; Story: 'He dyed a papist' -- Life nine. Shakespeare's face: 'The mind's construction' ; Fable: 'An account of a voyage to Bardolo'.

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