The genius of Shakespeare
By: Jonathan Bate.
Edition: 10th anniversary ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780195372991
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Authorship; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Influence; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- History -- 16th century; Genius
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [358]-387) and index.
Table of contents: title: Who is Shakespeare? What is he?; title: A life of anecdote; title: Shakespeare's autobiographical poems?; title: The authorship controversy; title: Marlowe's ghost; title: Shakespeare's peculiarity; title: The Shakespeare effect; title: The original genius; title: The national poet; title: All the world his stage; title: From character to icon; title: The laws of the Shakespearean universe; title: Afterword to the 2008 edition.