[PDF] Shakespeare In Fact eBook

Author : David Ellis
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 11,36 MB
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0748653880

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A polemical attack on the ways recent Shakespeare biographers have disguised their lack of information

Author : Irvin Leigh Matus
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 39,21 MB
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0486320790

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Virtuoso presentation of available evidence of the Bard's life. "Written with wit and panache, this erudite tome dismantles the arguments claiming that someone other than Shakespeare wrote his plays." — Publishers Weekly.

Author : Michael Rosen
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 40,97 MB
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0763699950

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Originally published as: Shakespeare: his work and his world / illustrated by Robert Ingpen. 2001.

Author : Jack Goldstein
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 48,64 MB
Release : 2014-02-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1783336056

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Did you know Shakespeare introduced thousands of words into the English language, amongst them alligator, eyeball and swagger? Do you know what unusual item he left to his wife in his will? Have you heard of the conspiracy theory that suggests Shakespeare didn't write the plays we attribute to him today? This fascinating book contains over one hundred facts about William Shakespeare, organised into categories for easy reading. Whether you are studying the bard for a project or you are interested in finding out more about the English speaking world's greatest ever author, this is the book for you.

Author : Douglas J. King
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 13,42 MB
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : Drama
ISBN :

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Based on solid research and clear explanations, this book provides a thorough and up-to-date analysis of 10 key facts and fictions regarding the life and works of William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is perhaps the most famous author in world literature. His works have attracted tremendous critical and historical attention, and the world in which he lived has been the subject of hundreds if not thousands of books. But for all the attention given to Shakespeare and his world, arguments continue about what we can say for sure concerning his life and works. This book brings a unique perspective to the ongoing fascination and debate over the life and works of the most renowned writer of all time. The book focuses on 10 separate key issues, including Shakespeare's sexuality, his religion, his marriage and family, his education, and the vexing "authorship question." Each chapter treats a particular topic and provides a section on what people think happened, how the story developed, and what we now believe is the historical truth. This book looks objectively and closely at evidence to provide the most likely explanations for questions that cannot be definitively answered. Using historical primary source documents, it gives readers the clearest possible view of endlessly fascinating topics.

Author : Stephen Greenblatt
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 43,4 MB
Release : 2010-05-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0393079848

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Named One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, reissued with a new afterword for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. 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.

Author : Jeffrey Kahan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 31,92 MB
Release : 2008-04-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1135973652

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Is King Lear an autonomous text, or a rewrite of the earlier and anonymous play King Leir? Should we refer to Shakespeare’s original quarto when discussing the play, the revised folio text, or the popular composite version, stitched together by Alexander Pope in 1725? What of its stage variations? When turning from page to stage, the critical view on King Lear is skewed by the fact that for almost half of the four hundred years the play has been performed, audiences preferred Naham Tate's optimistic adaptation, in which Lear and Cordelia live happily ever after. When discussing King Lear, the question of what comprises ‘the play’ is both complex and fragmentary. These issues of identity and authenticity across time and across mediums are outlined, debated, and considered critically by the contributors to this volume. Using a variety of approaches, from postcolonialism and New Historicism to psychoanalysis and gender studies, the leading international contributors to King Lear: New Critical Essays offer major new interpretations on the conception and writing, editing, and cultural productions of King Lear. This book is an up-to-date and comprehensive anthology of textual scholarship, performance research, and critical writing on one of Shakespeare's most important and perplexing tragedies. Contributors Include: R.A. Foakes, Richard Knowles, Tom Clayton, Cynthia Clegg, Edward L. Rocklin, Christy Desmet, Paul Cantor, Robert V. Young, Stanley Stewart and Jean R. Brink

Author : Charlton Ogburn
Publisher : Dodd Mead
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 11,12 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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Contains the material gathered by the author's investigation into the identity of the real Shakespeare--Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford.