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- Publisher: Thomson Learning
- ISBN: 1903436265
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100449893
- Release Date: March 1, 2001
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- #1334 in Literary (See Top 100 Literary Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Ungentle Shakespeare" by Katherine Duncan-Jones to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Ungentle Shakespeare"Browse more products related to "Katherine Duncan-Jones"Review"...UNGENTLE SHAKESPEARE strikes me as a brilliant book. It is also a fresh and original one, and this in a field where most 'new' studies turn out to be rehashings of familiar stuff...[T]his is a rich and rewarding work of scholarship...." "[A] deeply considered and stimulating book, informed throughout by the author's intimate knowledge of the literature and society of Shakespeare's age." Publisher's noteThis lively, readable and challenging new biography, by the editor of the acclaimed Arden edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, takes a fresh look at an enduring cultural icon, about whose life it is widely claimed that nothing is known. As a result Shakespeare has tended to be viewed in Romantic isolation: the Bard as lonely inspired singer enthroned on a mountain peak. The aim of this study is to replace the image of the lonely genius with one of Shakespeare as deeply involved, even enmired, in the geographical, social and literary context of his time. This Shakespeare is a man who lives in a congested city and has to deal with disease, debt and cut-throat competition; his manifest brilliance often makes him the object of envy and malice, rather than adulation. Much of his life and writing is seen as the result of accident and circumstance, rather than the product of artistic vision or a grand career plan. From his shotgun wedding at the age of 18 to the burning down of the Globe Theatre over 30 years later, he is beset by bad luck. His most brilliant works are seen as creative responses to external constraints, such as the plague outbreaks that frequently closed the public theatres during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Katherine Duncan-Jones also takes a fresh look at the tradition of Shakespeare's love for a 'Dark Lady' and concludes rather that he devoted his most personal and passionate writing to the service of young men. AnnotationThis biographical study of Shakespeare considers his life in the context of the culture of the English Midlands of the 1560s and 1570s. If You Enjoy "Ungentle Shakespeare (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Ungentle Shakespeare (Hardcover)" by Katherine Duncan-Jones (Author...There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Literary Bestsellers
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