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Will in the World : How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Greenblatt, Stephen, author
New York : W.W. Norton, [2004]
This volume is a biography on English poet and playwright, William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. In this work, the author attempts to provide a vivid and plausible version of the undocumented areas of Shakespeare's life. The author intends to demonstrate 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 world's greatest playwright. He brings together little-known historical facts and little-noticed elements of Shakespeare's plays and makes connections between Shakespeare's life and his works
Bibliographic Information
| Format: | Book |
|---|---|
| Author: | Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943- |
| Subject: |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Dramatists, English Theater |
| Publication Year: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York : W.W. Norton, [2004] |
| ISBN: | 9780393928808 0393928802 |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-407) and index Primal scenes -- The dream of restoration -- The great fear -- Wooing, wedding, and repenting -- Crossing the bridge -- Life in the suburbs -- Shakescene -- Master-mistress -- Laughter at the scaffold -- Speaking with the dead -- Bewitching the king -- The triumph of the everyday |
| Course: |
ENG385 |
Availability at HKSYU Library
| Location | Call number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| English Book (4/F) | 822.33 GRE 2004 | Available |