num_pages: 430
description: A young man from a small provincial town moves to London in the late 1580s and, in a remarkably short time, becomes the greatest playwright not of his age alone but of all time. How is an achievement of this magnitude to be explained? How did Shakespeare become Shakespeare? Stephen Greenblatt brings us down to earth to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented boy, surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life, could have become the world's greatest playwright. A Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Finalist.
language: English
title: Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
titlecomplete: Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
characters: William Shakespeare
genres: Theatre, British Literature, Drama, History, Books About Books, Literary Criticism, Biography Memoir, Biography, Literature, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 10290
places: United Kingdom, England
awards: name: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: W.W. Norton