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- catalog abstract "William Shakespeare's life has been the subject of innumerable myths, yet tantalizingly little is known about the motives, passions, conflicts, ideas, and struggles that shaped him. Now Dennis Kay looks beyond the established facts of Shakespeare's life and traces how the events of his era affected the way he lived, thought, and wrote. The extraordinary artistic and intellectual achievements of Renaissance England were forged in a time of great ferment. Shakespeare. Reveals how factors such as the plague, political scheming and skullduggery, a burgeoning of moral and philosophical discussion, and the birth of professional theater all had a profound influence on one of the world's most enduring and influential cultural icons. Painstaking historical research combined with a practical discussion of the plays, poems, and sonnets is interwoven with relevant moments in both Shakespeare's life and age: the financial ruin of his father, his. Marriage to an older woman, the early deaths of both his brother and his only son, his arrival in London to build a theatrical career, the business interests that left him a wealthy man, the pleasure of royal patronage, and the final family disgrace just before his death. Perhaps most fascinating is how Shakespeare emerged as a survivor: one who challenged and questioned in his art, but one who did so without alienating either his political masters or those who flocked. To the Globe Theater to see his plays.".
- catalog contributor b4413374.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-423) and index.".
- catalog description "Marriage to an older woman, the early deaths of both his brother and his only son, his arrival in London to build a theatrical career, the business interests that left him a wealthy man, the pleasure of royal patronage, and the final family disgrace just before his death. Perhaps most fascinating is how Shakespeare emerged as a survivor: one who challenged and questioned in his art, but one who did so without alienating either his political masters or those who flocked.".
- catalog description "Preface -- Principal Dates -- Family Tree -- Stratford and the Shakesperes -- Upbringing in Stratford -- The "Lost Years" -- From the Country to the City -- "The Only Shake-scene in a Country" -- The Plague and the Poems -- "Right Happy and Copious Industry" -- Art and Politics -- "The Arte and Faculty of Playinge," 1603-6 -- Three Classical Plays -- "A World Ransom'd, or One Destroy'd": The Romances -- "Let's Go Off, and Bear Us Like the Time": The Last Years -- Notes and References -- Index.".
- catalog description "Reveals how factors such as the plague, political scheming and skullduggery, a burgeoning of moral and philosophical discussion, and the birth of professional theater all had a profound influence on one of the world's most enduring and influential cultural icons. Painstaking historical research combined with a practical discussion of the plays, poems, and sonnets is interwoven with relevant moments in both Shakespeare's life and age: the financial ruin of his father, his.".
- catalog description "To the Globe Theater to see his plays.".
- catalog description "William Shakespeare's life has been the subject of innumerable myths, yet tantalizingly little is known about the motives, passions, conflicts, ideas, and struggles that shaped him. Now Dennis Kay looks beyond the established facts of Shakespeare's life and traces how the events of his era affected the way he lived, thought, and wrote. The extraordinary artistic and intellectual achievements of Renaissance England were forged in a time of great ferment. Shakespeare.".
- catalog extent "446 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Shakespeare.".
- catalog identifier "0688120245 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Shakespeare.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : W. Morrow,".
- catalog relation "Shakespeare.".
- catalog subject "822.3/3 B 20".
- catalog subject "Dramatists, English Early modern, 1500-1700 Biography.".
- catalog subject "PR2894 .K34 1992".
- catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Biography.".
- catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- Principal Dates -- Family Tree -- Stratford and the Shakesperes -- Upbringing in Stratford -- The "Lost Years" -- From the Country to the City -- "The Only Shake-scene in a Country" -- The Plague and the Poems -- "Right Happy and Copious Industry" -- Art and Politics -- "The Arte and Faculty of Playinge," 1603-6 -- Three Classical Plays -- "A World Ransom'd, or One Destroy'd": The Romances -- "Let's Go Off, and Bear Us Like the Time": The Last Years -- Notes and References -- Index.".
- catalog title "Shakespeare : his life, work, and era / Dennis Kay.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".