Holderness, Graham.
London, Eng. New York : Continuum, c2011.
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Part of the series Shakespeare now!;Shakespeare now!
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-212) and index.
- Introduction — Life one. Shakespeare the writer Story: ‘The Shakespeare Code’ — Life two. Shakespeare the player Memoir: ‘Master Shakespeare’s Instructions to the Actors’ — Life three. Shakespeare the butcher boy Memoir: ‘ Some further account of the life &c. of Mr. William Shakespear’ — Life four. Shakespeare the businessman Story: ‘Best for Winter’ — Life five. Shakespeare in love: ‘Husband, I come’ Memoir: ‘Shakespeare’s Ring: First Circle’ — Life six. Shakespeare in love: ‘Fair Friend’ Story: ‘The Adventure of Shakespeare’s Ring’ — Life seven. Shakespeare in love: ‘A female evil’ Story: Shakespeare’s Ring: Full Circle’ — Life eight. Shakespeare the Catholic Story: ‘He dyed a papist’ — Life nine. Shakespeare’s face: ‘ The mind’s construction’ Fable: ‘An Account of a Voyage to Bardolo’.
- Who was Shakespeare and how did he live? Combining fact, tradition and imagination, Shakespeare’s many lives are told in 9 possible ways. We know relatively little about Shakespeare’s life, and yet it continues to fascinate us. This new biography identifies and expounds the many possible lives that can reasonably be drawn around the basic facts.
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