Who Was William Shakespeare?: An Introduction to the Life and Works - Softcover

Callaghan, Dympna

 
9780470658475: Who Was William Shakespeare?: An Introduction to the Life and Works
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0470658479 ISBN 13: 9780470658475
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

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A new study of Shakespeare’s life and times, which illuminates our understanding and appreciation of his works.

  • Combines an accessible fully historicised treatment of both the life and the plays, suited to both undergraduate and popular audiences
  • Looks at 24 of the most significant plays and the sonnets through the lens of various aspects of Shakespeare’s life and historical environment
  • Addresses four of the most significant issues that shaped Shakespeare’s career:  education, religion, social status, and theatre
  • Examines theatre as an institution and the literary environment of early modern London
  • Explains and dispatches conspiracy theories about authorship

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dympna Callaghan is William L. Safire Professor of Modern Letters at Syracuse University and President of the Shakespeare Association of America, 2012–13. She is the editor of the Arden Shakespeare Language and Writing Series and coeditor, with Michael Dobson, of the Palgrave Shakespeare Studies series. Her publications include Shakespeare Without Women (2000), The Taming of the Shrew: A Norton Critical Edition (2009), Shakespeare’s Sonnets (2007), The Impact of Feminism in English Renaissance Culture (2006), and Romeo and Juliet: Texts and Contexts (2003).

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What kind of world made the man who was capable of producing so many of the world’s literary masterpieces, and what kind of life did he live? In this fascinating new book, Dympna Callaghan explores the question of Shakespeare’s life in order to throw new light on his works.

Organized as a series of juxtapositions between his life and writing, Who Was William Shakespeare? provides a clear guide to selected plays and sonnets, while deepening our knowledge about the writer’s literary achievement and his historical moment.

Shakespeare’s life cannot explain his works, but it can help us to understand them.

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Verlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0470658479
ISBN 13 
9780470658475
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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