Will in the World : How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

English

ISBN: 039332737X

EAN: 9780393327373

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Literary/History / Europe / Great Britain/Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism/Literary Criticism / Shakespeare/

Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Release Date: 01/31/2006

Synopsis: Stephen Greenblatt, the charismatic Harvard professor who knows more about Shakespeare than Ben Jonson or the Dark Lady did (John Leonard, Harpers ), has written a biography that enables us to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented boy, surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life; full of drama and pageantry, and also cruelty and danger; could have become the worlds greatest playwright. Bringing together little-known historical facts and little-noticed elements of Shakespeares plays, Greenblatt makes inspired connections between the life and the works and delivers a dazzling and subtle biography (Richard Lacayo, Time ). Readers will experience Shakespeares vital plays again as if for the first time, but with greater understanding and appreciation of their extraordinary depth and humanity. A best book of the year: The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2004; Time magazines #1 Best Nonfiction Book; A Washington Post Book World Rave ; An Economist Best Book ; A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book; A Christian Science Monitor Best Book; A Chicago Tribune Best Book; A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Best Book ; NPRs Maureen Corrigans Best.

Awards: Library Journal Best Books of the Year – null  New York Times Editors Choice – null  Quill Awards – null 

Will in the World : How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.13 inches

Width: 0.55 inches

Length: 0.83 inches

Weight: 14.43 oz

Pages: 448