num_pages: 412
description: This fascinating book by one of Britain's most acclaimed young Shakespeare scholars explores the extraordinary staying-power of Shakespeare's work. Bate opens by taking up questions of authorship, asking, for example, Who was Shakespeare, based on the little documentary evidence we have? Whichworks really are attributable to him? And how extensive was the influence of Christopher Marlowe? Bate goes on to trace Shakespeare's canonization and near- deification, examining not only the uniqueness of his status among English-speaking readers but also his effect on literate cultures across theglobe.Ambitious, wide-ranging, and historically rich, this book shapes a provocative inquiry into the nature of genius as it ponders the legacy of a talent unequalled in English letters. A bold and meticulous work of scholarship, The Genius of Shakespeare is also lively and accessibly written and willappeal to any reader who has marveled at the Bard and the enduring power of his work.
language: English
title: The Genius of Shakespeare
titlecomplete: The Genius of Shakespeare
genres: Literature, History, Criticism, Biography, Drama, Biography Memoir, Poetry, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction, Theatre
ratings_count: 335
publisher: Oxford University Press