Hidden Shakespeare
Subtitle: a biography
By: Nicholas Fogg
Publisher: Amberley
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781445607696; 9781445614366
Subjects: Biography
Description: It is widely acknowledged that William Shakespeare was the greatest writer who ever lived, but what is the basis of this reputation? In 'Hidden Shakespeare', Nicholas Fogg examines the circumstances which have shaped our view of this towering figure.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: The background, 1550-69; title: Childhood and schooldays, 1564-82; title: Courtship and marriage, 1582-85; title: The Warwickshire poacher, c. 1586; title: The rise of the theatre [i.e. theater], 1559-96; title: In London, 1587-92; title: An aspiring poet, 1593-95; title: Sonnets and a patron, 1592-94; title: The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1593-94; title: Troubled times, 1593-96; title: Bankside, 1596-99; title: A man of wealth, 1594-99; title: A new theatre, 1599-1602; title: End of an epoch, 1600-04; title: The king's servant, 1603-05; title: Ember days, 1604-11; title: Retirement, 1612-13; title: Last will and testament, 1614-16; title: Epilogue