Title: Shakespeare, national poet-playwright
First published: 2004
Description: "Shakespeare, National Poet-Playwright is an important new book which reassesses Shakespeare as a poet and dramatist. Patrick Cheney contests critical preoccupation with Shakespeare as 'a man of the theatre' by recovering his original standing as an early modern author: he is a working dramatist who composes some of the most extraordinary poems in English."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Literature, Knowledge, Influence, Criticism and interpretation, Roman influences, Renaissance, English poetry, Authorship, Contemporaries, Poetic works, History, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, poetical works, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, contemporaries, Ovid, 43 b.c.-17 a.d. or 18 a.d., Renaissance, england, Knowledge and learning
Places: England
People: William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Ovid (43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D)
Time periods: 16th century
LC classification: PR2984 .C48 2004