Ebook: Shakespeare the man : new decipherings
- Tags: Shakespeare William -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation. Literature and society -- England -- History -- 16th century. Literature and history -- England -- History -- 16th century. England -- Social life and customs -- 16th century. Shakespeare William -- 1564-1616. Literature and history. Literature and society. Manners and customs.
- Series: Literary studies: Shakespeare
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- City: England, England
- Language: English
- epub
While over the past four hundred years numerous opinions have been voiced as to Shakespeare's identity, these eleven essays widen the scope of the investigation by regarding Shakespeare, his world, and his works in their interaction with one another. Instead of restricting the search for bits and pieces of evidence from his works that seem to match what he may have experienced, these essays focus on the contemporary milieu—political developments, social and theater history, and cultural and religious pressures—as well as the domestic conditions within Shakespeare's family that shaped his personality and are featured in his works. The authors of these essays, employing the tenets of critical theory and practice as well as intuitive and informed insight, endeavor to look behind the masks, thus challenging the reader to adjudicate among the possible, the probable, the likely, and the unlikely. With the exception of the editor’s own piece on Hamlet, Shakespeare the Man: New Decipherings presents previously unpublished essays, inviting the reader to embark upon an intellectual adventure into the fascinating terrain of Shakespeare's mind and art.
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