Shakespeare and biography
By: David Bevington
Series: Oxford Shakespeare topics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780199586486; 9780199586479
Description: Shakespeare and biography is not a new biography of Shakespeare, but a study of what biographers have said about Shakespeare--from the first formal biography in the early 18th century by Nicholas Rowe, to others who have written recent biographical accounts. The emphasis is on what sorts of issues these biographers have found especially interesting, how contemplation of these issues has changed and grown, and the ways those changes reflect new cultural developments in our world as it continues to reinterpret Shakespeare.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-170) and index.
Table of contents: title: The biographical problem; title: The art of biography; title: Sex; title: Politics; title: Religion; title: Out of the depths; title: On the heights; title: L'envoi.