The truth about William Shakespeare : fact, fiction and modern biographies /

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A polemical attack on the ways recent Shakespeare biographers have disguised their lack of information. How can biographies of Shakespeare continue to appear when so little is known about him? And when what is known has been in the public domain for so long? Why have the majority of the biographies...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ellis, David, 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Biography as a literary form.
Authors, English > Biography > History and criticism.
Biography.
Biographies as Topic.
Biographie (Genre littéraire)
Biographies.
biographies (literary works)
biography (general genre)
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
Authors, English > Biography
Biography as a literary form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A polemical attack on the ways recent Shakespeare biographers have disguised their lack of information. How can biographies of Shakespeare continue to appear when so little is known about him? And when what is known has been in the public domain for so long? Why have the majority of the biographies published in the last decade been written by distinguished Shakespeareans who ought to know better? To solve this puzzle, David Ellis looks at the methods that Shakespeare's biographers have used to hide their lack of knowledge. At the same time, by exploring efforts to write a life of Shakespeare al.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780748646685
074864668X
9780748653881
0748653880

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