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The life of William Shakespeare : a critical biography / Lois Potter.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR2894 .P68 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Potter, Lois.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Dramatists, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography.
- Dramatists, English.
- Dramatists, English--Early modern--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 497 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
- Summary:
- In this remarkable new biography, distinguished Shakespeare scholar and theater critic Lois Potter explores literary and historical contexts often neglected in other studies, drawing in particular on the idea of the literary personality and on new discoveries about collaboration. She looks at Shakespeare's possible role models, both real and fictional, with particular attention to the people with whom he worked as both author and actor, and considers how these various kinds of collaboration may have affected him. The focus throughout is on Shakespeare's words and on what he learned about writing for his audiences - which, Potter suggests, were more varied than has been thought. The result is a unique and wide-ranging study of the life and work of the great poet and dramatist. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 "Born into the World": 1564-1571 1
- 2 "Nemo Sibi Nascitur": 1571-1578 21
- 3 "Hic et Ubique": 1578-1588 40
- 4 "This Man's Art and That Man's Scope": 1588-1592 64
- 5 "Tigers' Hearts": 1592-1593 86
- 6 "The Dangerous Year": 1593-1594 106
- 7 "Our Usual Manager of Mirth": 1594-1595 134
- 8 "The Strong'st and Surest Way to Get": Histories, 1595-1596 162
- 9 "When Love Speaks": Tragedy and Comedy, 1595-1596 181
- 10 "You Had a Father; Let Your Son Say So": 1596-1598 201
- 11 "Unworthy Scaffold": 1598-1599 231
- 12 "These Words Are Not Mine": 1599-1601 258
- 13 "Looking Before and After": 1600-1603 277
- 14 "This Most Balmy Time": 1603-1605 300
- 15 "Past the Size of Dreaming": 1606-1609 330
- 16 "Like an Old Tale": 1609-1611 360
- 17 "The Second Burden": 1612-1616 384
- 18 "In the Mouths of Men": 1616 and After 414.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780631207849
- 0631207848
- OCLC:
- 759771957
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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