Will in the World
How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
Format: Book
Description: 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
"A young man from a small provincial town moves to London in the late 1580s and, in a remarkably short time, becomes the greatest playwright not of his age alone but of all time. How is an achievement of this magnitude to be explained? Stephen Greenblatt brings us down to earth to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented boy, surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life, could have become the world's greatest playwright."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Primal scenes -- The dream of restoration -- The great fear -- Wooing, wedding, and repenting -- Crossing the bridge -- Life in the suburbs -- Shakescene -- Master-mistress -- Laughter at the scaffold -- Speaking with the dead -- Bewitching the king -- The triumph of the everyday.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography.
Theater -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography.
Theater -- England -- History -- 16th century.
ISBN:
0393352609
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Shakespeare, William | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
More Formats
"First published as a Norton paperback 2005"--Title page verso.
With a new afterword (pages 390-398).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-416) and index.
With a new afterword (pages 390-398).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-416) and index.