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The private life of William Shakespeare / Lena Cowen Orlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orlin, Lena Cowen, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dramatists, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography.
- Dramatists, English.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Family.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- This biography of William Shakespeare explores his private life in Stratford-upon-Avon, his personal aspirations, his self-determination, and his relations with the members of his family and his neighbours.
- Contents:
- Cover
- The Private Life of William Shakespeare
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Colour Plates
- Figures
- Introduction: 26 April 1564
- 1: 23 January 1577: Shakespeare's Father
- John Shakespeare's Public Place
- John Shakespeare in Hiding
- The Misfortunes of John Shakespeare
- John Shakespeare's Son
- 2: 27 November 1582: Shakespeare's Wedding
- The Misadventures of William Trowte
- The Found Years
- Enter Anne Shakespeare
- A Licence to Wed
- 3: 4 May 1597: Shakespeare's Home
- The Story of the Shakespeare Letter
- The Occupations of Elizabeth Quiney
- The Occupations of Anne Shakespeare
- The Shakespeare Investments
- Shakespeare's Study
- 4: 25 March 1616: Shakespeare's Will
- 'My Last Will and Testament'
- 'To Perform ˜is My Will'
- 'Unto My Wife'
- 'My Second- Best Bed with the Furniture'
- 'By Me William Shakspear'
- 5: 25 April 1616: Shakespeare's Monument
- Interventions
- The Shakespeare Family Graves
- Shakespeare's Sculptor
- The Shakespeare Type
- Shakespeare at Oxford
- Shakespeare's Designs
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Abbreviations 1
- Abbreviations 2: Collections of Probate Documents
- Appendix I: Shakespeare in the West Midlands
- Appendix II: The Quiney Papers
- Appendix III: Shakespeare's Last Will
- Appendix IV: Shakespeare's Earlier Will
- Appendix V: The 'Shakespeare' Type of Funerary Monuments
- Cushioned Monuments of the 'Shakespeare' Type
- Variations on Cushioned Monuments of the 'Shakespeare' Type
- Selected Demi-Figure Monuments without Cushions
- Appendix VI: Materials Cited from Shakespeare Documented
- Endnotes
- Notes to Introduction
- Notes to Chapter 1
- Notes to Chapter 2
- Notes for Chapter 3
- Notes to Chapter 4
- Notes for Chapter 5
- Index.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-266141-8
- 9780191938610
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