Will in the world : how Shakespeare became Shakespeare
Stephen Greenblatt (Author)
This volume is a biography on English poet and playwright, William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. In this work, the author attempts to provide a vivid and plausible version of the undocumented areas of Shakespeare's life. The author intends to demonstrate how an acutely sensitive and talented boy -- surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life, full of drama and pageantry, and also cruelty and danger -- could have become the world's greatest playwright. He brings together little-known historical facts and little-noticed elements of Shakespeare's plays and makes connections between Shakespeare's life and his works
Biography
430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
9780393050578, 9780393928808, 9780393327373, 0393050572, 0393928802, 039332737X
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Booknotes episode and transcript Program air date: November 14, 2004
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