A chronicle of Shakespeare's life and image as it has been interpreted by almost four centuries of biography and criticism
By carefully critiquing these biographies and reimagining these nine men, Nine Lives of William Shakespeare creates a unique picture of how this playwright became Shakespeare as he is understood today.
A concise, accessible introduction to Shakespeare's life and work which focuses on what we know, assessing the differing theories and avoiding speculation.
Describes Shakespeare's experiences in London and his retirement to the country in a fictional account that includes excerpts from his works.
standing in a draped architectural niche and framed by allegorical figures, one finger marking a page in a book held in the ... John Hoskyns (1581–1631): BCL, DCL, New College, Oxford; master of St Oswald's Hospital near Worcester; ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
Kahn and Adelman are cited in Alan Sinfield, Shakespeare, Authority, Sexuality: Unfinished Business in Cultural Materialism (New York: Routledge, 2006), 58–9. As Sinfield writes elsewhere, 'to a gay man', ...
BL C108.f.10. 20. NYPL *KC 1606 (BCP). 21. BOD C.P. 1552 d.6. Mary Lane's prayer book is now in the Huntington Library: Huntington 438000.815. 22. CUL Sel.3.218; BL C.18.a.9. 23. Folger 16410. 24.
28 Shakespeare's Lives, rev. edn., 84, 86. 29 Shakespeare's Lives, rev. edn., x. 30 Documentary Life, xii. In the companion volume, Schoenbaum writes of the many “pilgrimages” he made to archival repositories in order to ensure the ...
A Visual Guide to Shakespeare's Life and Times
Collection of quotations from Shakespeare's plays, accompanied by interpretive statements and related quotations from other historical, literary, and religious figures.