Autobiography in Shakespeare's Plays

Autobiography in Shakespeare's Plays
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Publisher : Peter Lang
Total Pages : 140
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ISBN-10 : 0820437778
ISBN-13 : 9780820437774
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Autobiography in Shakespeare's Plays by : William Nicholas Knight

Shakespeare's authorship of his plays can no longer be in doubt with this book's clear identification of autobiographical passages throughout his work from his legal documents in Stratford and London courts. Shakespeare refers to the loss of his inheritance, by his father mortgaging it to his uncle, from early works such as Taming of the Shrew to the late Lear. His mother is referred to in As You Like It and Coriolanus; his twins in Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night; and the loss of his son from Merchant of Venice to Macbeth. His daughters, as recipients of his accumulated wealth, are subjects of his concern from Lear to The Tempest. More important, the knowledge of the law in his personal pursuits is revealed as a source for the legal content in his works, which found fit audiences among jurists at the Inns of Court law schools and in King James' Court. Shakespeare pleased the king on these matters enough to have him command his plays to be repeated on an occasion. For himself, Shakespeare learned from his own writing how to deal with the language of law theoretically and conceptually with such concepts as equity and mercy in Chancery. He used his own family life, personal documents, and legal problems to give impetus to his version of borrowed characters, plots, plays, and history. These personal events, from the placement of the references, give his plays, which sometimes end with a fictionalized, wish-fulfillment, or literary compensation, an autobiographical initial compulsion.

Great Scenes from Shakespeare's Plays

Great Scenes from Shakespeare's Plays
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 68
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ISBN-10 : 0486409600
ISBN-13 : 9780486409603
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Great Scenes from Shakespeare's Plays by : John Green

Well-known scenes from "Hamlet," "King Lear," "Macbeth," "Romeo and Juliet," "Julius Caesar," and 15 other popular plays. Summaries, selections from the appropriate text, and captions accompany the illustrations. 30 black-and-white illustrations.

The Book of Will

The Book of Will
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Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages : 95
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ISBN-10 : 9780822237723
ISBN-13 : 0822237725
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis The Book of Will by : Lauren Gunderson

Without William Shakespeare, we wouldn’t have literary masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. But without Henry Condell and John Heminges, we would have lost half of Shakespeare’s plays forever! After the death of their friend and mentor, the two actors are determined to compile the First Folio and preserve the words that shaped their lives. They’ll just have to borrow, beg, and band together to get it done. Amidst the noise and color of Elizabethan London, THE BOOK OF WILL finds an unforgettable true story of love, loss, and laughter, and sheds new light on a man you may think you know.

The Book of William

The Book of William
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781596911956
ISBN-13 : 1596911956
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis The Book of William by : Paul Collins

A history of the Bard's competitively pursued First Folio traces the author's travels from the site of a Sotheby auction to regions in Asia, throughout which he investigated the roles played by those who have sought and owned the Folios.

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare (Anniversary Edition)

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare (Anniversary Edition)
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 441
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ISBN-10 : 9780393079845
ISBN-13 : 0393079848
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare (Anniversary Edition) by : Stephen Greenblatt

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.

Shakespeare

Shakespeare
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 494
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ISBN-10 : 0195160932
ISBN-13 : 9780195160932
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Shakespeare by : Stanley Wells

From the entry of Shakespeare's birth in the Stratford church register to a Norwegian production of Macbeth in which the hero was represented by a tomato, this enthralling and splendidly illustrated book tells the story of Shakespeare's life, his writings, and his afterlife. Drawing on a lifetime's experience of studying, teaching, editing, and writing about Shakespeare, Stanley Wells combines scholarly authority with authorial flair in a book that will appeal equally to the specialist and the untutored enthusiast. Chapters on Shakespeare's life in Stratford and in London offer a fresh view of the development of the writer's career and personality. At the core of the book lies a magisterial study of the writings themselves--how Shakespeare set about writing a play, his relationships with the company of actors with whom he worked, his developing mastery of the literary and rhetorical skills that he learned at the Stratford grammar school, the essentially theatrical quality of the structure and language of his plays. Subsequent chapters trace the fluctuating fortunes of his reputation and influence. Here are accounts of adaptations, productions, and individual performances in England and, increasingly, overseas; of great occasions such as the Garrick Jubilee and the tercentenary celebrations of 1864; of the spread of Shakespeare's reputation in France and Germany, Russia and America, and, more recently, the Far East; of Shakespearian discoveries and forgeries; of critical reactions, favorable and otherwise, and of scholarly activity; of paintings, music, films and other works of art inspired by the plays; of the plays' use in education and the political arena, and of the pleasure and intellectual stimulus that they have given to an increasingly international public. Shakespeare, said Ben Jonson, was not of an age but for all time. This is a book about him for our time.

Rosalind

Rosalind
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1786822334
ISBN-13 : 9781786822338
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Rosalind by : Angela Thirlwell

The critically acclaimed biography of Shakespeare's most enduring heroine, Rosalind, now in paperback.Into the spotlight steps Rosalind, the actor-manager of As You Like It.She's alive. She's modern. She's also a fiction.Played by a boy actor in 1599, she's a girl who gets into men's clothes to investigate the truth about love.Both male and female, imaginary and real, her intriguing duality gives her a special role.What is a man? What is a woman?We are all Rosalind now.This book is for everyone who has ever loved Shakespeare. Like Rosalind, his most innovative heroine, he can never die. She too is timeless. There is no clock in the Forest of Arden where Rosalind finds herself and applies her mercurial wit to teach her lover, Orlando, how to become her perfect partner, issues which consume men and women today.This highly original 'biography' of Rosalind contains exclusive new interviews with Juliet Rylance, Sally Scott, Janet Suzman, Juliet Stevenson, Michelle Terry, award-winning director Blanche McIntyre, as well as insights from Michael Attenborough, Kenneth Branagh, Greg Doran, Rebecca Hall, Adrian Lester, Pippa Nixon, Vanessa Redgrave and Fiona Shaw. Angela Thirlwell explores the fictitious life and the many after-lives of Rosalind, Shakespeare's progressive new heroine, and her perennial influence on drama, fiction and art.

A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare

A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 620
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ISBN-10 : 9780061840906
ISBN-13 : 0061840904
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by : James Shapiro

Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize’s 25th Anniversary Winner of Winners award What accounts for Shakespeare’s transformation from talented poet and playwright to one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this gripping account, James Shapiro sets out to answer this question, "succeed[ing] where others have fallen short." (Boston Globe) 1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England. During that year, Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet; Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathered an Armada threat from Spain, gambled on a fledgling East India Company, and waited to see who would succeed their aging and childless queen. James Shapiro illuminates both Shakespeare’s staggering achievement and what Elizabethans experienced in the course of 1599, bringing together the news and the intrigue of the times with a wonderful evocation of how Shakespeare worked as an actor, businessman, and playwright. The result is an exceptionally immediate and gripping account of an inspiring moment in history.

Contested Will

Contested Will
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 356
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781416541639
ISBN-13 : 1416541632
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Contested Will by : James Shapiro

Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote his plays.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 17
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ISBN-10 : 9780763647940
ISBN-13 : 0763647942
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis William Shakespeare by : Ari Berk

Describes Shakespeare's experiences in London and his retirement to the country in a fictional account that includes excerpts from his works.