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ISBN
9780393327373
Book Title
Will in the World : How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Item Length
8.3 in
Publication Year
2005
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.3 in
Author
Stephen Greenblatt
Genre
Literary Criticism, Drama, Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic
Theater / History & Criticism, Shakespeare, Literary, Europe / Great Britain / General
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Width
5.6 in
Number of Pages
448 Pages
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Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
039332737X
ISBN-13
9780393327373
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20038267538

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Book Title
Will in the World : How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Theater / History & Criticism, Shakespeare, Literary, Europe / Great Britain / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Drama, Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Stephen Greenblatt
Format
Perfect

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Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.6 in

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Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
So engrossing, clearheaded, and lucid that its arrival is not just welcome but cause for celebration., Vividly written, richly detailed, and insightful from first chapter to last... certain to secure a place among the essential studies of the greatest of all writers., Startlingly good--the most complexly intelligent and sophisticated, and yet the most keenly enthusiastic, study of the life and work taken together that I have ever read., Greenblatt takes the bits we do know, nourishes them with a thorough understanding of the Elizabethan world Shakespeare inhabited, and then coaxes each bud of information to flower within our understanding of the plays.... Only a churl would be unpersuaded by it., Greenblatt's revelatory book pays tribute to the glorious democracy of Shakespeare's art by the openness and elegance of his own writing style., The most complexly intelligent and sophisticated, and yet the most keenly enthusiastic, study of the life and work taken together that I have ever read.
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822.3/3
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"Greenblatt knows more about [Shakespeare] than Ben Jonson or the Dark Lady did."--John Leonard, ?Harper's, This biography enables readers to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented boy, surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life, could have become the world's greatest playwright., A young man from a small provincial town moves to London in the late 1580s and, in a remarkably short time, becomes the greatest playwright not of his age alone but of all time. How is an achievement of this magnitude to be explained? How did Shakespeare become Shakespeare? Stephen Greenblatt brings us down to earth to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented boy, surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life, could have become the world's greatest playwright. A Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Finalist., Stephen Greenblatt, the charismatic Harvard professor who "knows more about [Shakespeare] than Ben Johnson or the Dark Lady did" (John Leonard, Harper's), has written a biography that enables us to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented boy, surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life--full of drama and pageantry, and also cruelty and danger--could have become the world's greatest playwright. Bringing together little-known historical facts and little-noticed elements of Shakespeare's plays, Greenblatt makes inspired connections between the life and the works and delivers "a dazzling and subtle biography" (Richard Lacayo, Time). Readers will experience Shakespeare's vital plays again as if for the first time, but with greater understanding and appreciation of their extraordinary depth and humanity.
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PR2976

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  • by keithgvp45
    Mar 02, 2021

    Title could also be Will of the World.

    The author is a magician who brings Shakespeare, his era, and history itself to life in this well-rounded portrait of the playwright. Best of all, it lucidly reveals how Shakespeare became Shakespeare. A very satisfying book that keeps you turning the pages.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: your_online_bookstore

  • by JbKApHArRca@Deleted
    Feb 11, 2020

    Thorough presentation of life and works of William Shakespeare

    Enjoying the book.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: thrift.books

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