Rosalind: A Biography of Shakespeares Immortal Heroine
Angela Thirwell
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Description for Rosalind: A Biography of Shakespeares Immortal Heroine
Hardcover. The first of its kind - a biography of Rosalind, Shakespeare's greatest comic heroine. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20+ images. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 225 x 32. Weight in Grams: 534.
Into the spotlight steps Rosalind, the actor-manager of As You Like It. She's alive. She's modern. She's also a fiction. Played by a boy actor in 1599, she's a girl who gets into men's clothes to investigate the truth about love. Both male and female, imaginary and real, her intriguing duality gives her a special role. What is a man? What is a woman? We are all Rosalind now. This book is for everyone who has ever loved Shakespeare. In April 2016, his quatercentenary will make Shakespeare more alive than at any time since ... Read more
Into the spotlight steps Rosalind, the actor-manager of As You Like It. She's alive. She's modern. She's also a fiction. Played by a boy actor in 1599, she's a girl who gets into men's clothes to investigate the truth about love. Both male and female, imaginary and real, her intriguing duality gives her a special role. What is a man? What is a woman? We are all Rosalind now. This book is for everyone who has ever loved Shakespeare. In April 2016, his quatercentenary will make Shakespeare more alive than at any time since ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oberon Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783198559
SKU
V9781783198559
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5
About Angela Thirwell
Angela Thirlwell likes to push the boundaries of biography. She used a thematic 'spots of time' approach in William and Lucy, and interpreted Ford Madox Brown through the lenses of the 4 women in his life in Into the Frame. This time she's chosen Shakespeare's inspirational heroine, Rosalind, a character who has never lived and therefore can never die. ... Read more
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