Shakespeare
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: September 20, 2002
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780333904992
Subjects: Shakespeare studies & criticism; French; Plays
Description: The first part of this work is an evocative biographical sketch, scotching many myths and fleshing out the meagre facts into a rounded portrait of the man. Wells then turns his attention to the plays themselves and, finally, he discusses Shakespeare's critical legacy both here and abroad.