Format:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 183 p)
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0275989569
Content:
Taking seriously the commonplace that a man is known by the company he keeps-and particularly by the company he keeps over his lifetime-one can learn more about just about anyone by learning more about his friends. By applying this notion to Shakespeare, this book offers insight into the life of the most famous playwright in history, and one of the most elusive figures in literature. The book consists of sketches of Shakespeare's contact and relationships with the people known to have been close friends or acquaintances, revealing aspects of the poet's life by emphasizing ways in which his lif
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-175) and index
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; William Shakespeare; Shakespeare's Stratrord Friend; Shakespeare's London Friends; Friends at Work; The Collaborators; Shareholders and Housekeepers; The Wives; The First Folio; Conclusion; Appendix A: Friendship in Shakespeare's Plays; Appendix B: What Shakespeare's Contemporaries Said about Him; Appendix C: Most Important Elizabethan/Jacobean Dramatists and Actors; Appendix D: Revisiting Baldwin: Roles the Friends Played; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
Print version Shakespeare's Friends
Language:
English
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