- Category: Books » Biography & Autobiography » General
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- ISBN: 0061671371
- WAPI (Tower ID): 111885517
- Release Date: November 1, 2008
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #325821 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #11082 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
- #2135 in General (See Top 100 General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Shakespeare" by Bill Bryson and Bill Bryson to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Shakespeare"Browse more products related to "Bill Bryson and Bill Bryson"Review"[A] brilliantly funny and gently insightful travel guide to 16th-cen-tury England. Bryson is great at picking out of the morass of Elizabethan fact the small details that illuminate and amuse." AnnotationBestselling author Bill Bryson (A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING) has a gift for illuminating the hidden corners of a subject, unearthing new material from well-trod ground, and using his innate curiosity to guide him to the unexpected and humorous elements of his subject. He has his work cut out for him in SHAKESPEARE: THE WORLD AS STAGE as no other writer has received the endless scrutiny as William Shakespeare. As a result, Bryson takes an unusual approach, virtually ignoring the plays themselves, and focusing instead on the strange, often absurd world in which he lived. Since we know so little about Shakespeare the man--there is considerable doubt even to what he looked like--Bryson colorfully describes the eccentricities of Elizabethan England, and the rowdy celebrity-status of its theater productions. He pokes gentle fun at some the hyperbole of some Shakespearean scholarship, and also pays respect to the bit players, like John Heminges and Henry Condell, the men responsible for assembling the "first folio" of Shakespeare's play--very few plays from the period survived in any written form at all. The result is a slim, lighthearted, lively, and frequently hilarious portrait of Shakespeare's life and times. If You Enjoy "Shakespeare (Audio)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Shakespeare (Audio)" by Bill Bryson (Author) and Bill ...There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! General Bestsellers
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