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The Truth About William Shakespeare: Fact, Fiction and Modern Biographies
David Ellis
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Description for The Truth About William Shakespeare: Fact, Fiction and Modern Biographies
Paperback. How is it that biographies of Shakespeare can continue to appear when so little is known about him, and what is known has been in the public domain for so long? Why is it that a majority of the biographies published in the last decade have been written by distinguished Shakespeareans who ought to know better? This book aims to solve this puzzle. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
This is a polemical attack on how recent Shakespeare biographers have disguised their lack of information. How is it that biographies of Shakespeare can continue to appear when so little is known about him, and what is known has been in the public domain for so long? Why is it that a majority of the biographies published in the last decade have been written by distinguished Shakespeareans who ought to know better? This book attempts to solve this puzzle by examining the methods the biographers have used to hide their lack of knowledge. At the same time, by exploring efforts ... Read more
This is a polemical attack on how recent Shakespeare biographers have disguised their lack of information. How is it that biographies of Shakespeare can continue to appear when so little is known about him, and what is known has been in the public domain for so long? Why is it that a majority of the biographies published in the last decade have been written by distinguished Shakespeareans who ought to know better? This book attempts to solve this puzzle by examining the methods the biographers have used to hide their lack of knowledge. At the same time, by exploring efforts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748646678
SKU
V9780748646678
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About David Ellis
David Ellis is Professor of English Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury.
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