Shakespeare and Biography
Contributors: Holderness, Graham
Series: Shakespeare & Ser -- v.8; Shakespeare & Ser
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Published: 2020
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781789209051
Subjects: Biography; English Dramatists; History and criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare; Early modern
Description: From Shakespeare's religion to his wife to his competitors in the world of early modern theatre, biographers have approached the question of the Bard's life from numerous angles. Shakespeare & Biography offers a fresh look at the biographical questions connected with the famous playwright's life, through essays and reflections written by prominent international scholars and biographers.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Frontmatter --; title: Contents --; title: Introduction: Shakespeare and 'the Personal Story' --; title: Chapter 1 Shakespeare and Marlowe: Re-Writing the Relationship --; title: Chapter 2 The Second Best Bed and the Legacy of Anne Hathaway --; title: Chapter 3 Religion Revisited: William Shakespeare, Nicholas Owen, and the Culture of Doppelbödigkeit --; title: Chapter 4 To Change the Picture of Shakespeare Biography --; title: Chapter 5 From Biographies to Bardcom --; title: Chapter 6 Shakespeare Biography and Identity Politics --; title: Chapter 7 Shakespeare and Biography --; title: Chapter 8 Shakeshafte --; title: Epilogue: Some Further Account of the Life &c. of Mr. William Shakespear, with Corrections Made to the First and Second Editions, and with the Supplementation of New Matter Acquir'd from Diligent Researches in the Publick Records, and from Conversations Mr. Betterton had with the people of Stratfordupon- Avon (1715) --; title: Index