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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781118326770 , 1118326776 , 9781118324868 , 1118324862 , 9781118324875 , 1118324870

Content: "Was a real skull used in the first performance of Hamlet? Were Shakespeare's plays Elizabethan blockbusters? How much do we really know about the playwright's life? And what of his notorious relationship with his wife? Exploring and exploding 30 popular myths about the great playwright, this illuminating new book evaluates all the evidence to show how historical material--or its absence--can be interpreted and misinterpreted, and what this reveals about our own personal investment in the stories we tell."--Publisher's website.

Note: Shakespeare was the most popular writer of his time -- , Shakespeare was not well educated -- , Shakespeare's plays should be performed in Elizabethan dress -- , Shakespeare was not interested in having his plays printed -- , Shakespeare never traveled -- , Shakespeare's plays are politically incorrect -- , Shakespeare was a Catholic -- , Shakespeare's plays had no scenery -- , Shakespeare's tragedies are more serious than his comedies -- , Shakespeare hated his wife -- , Shakespeare wrote in the rhythms of everyday speech -- , Hamlet was named after Shakespeare's son -- , coarse bits of Shakespeare are for the groundlings; the philosophy is for the upper classes -- , Shakespeare was a Stratford playwright -- , Shakespeare was a plagiarist -- , We don't know much about Shakespeare's life -- , Shakespeare wrote alone -- , Shakespeare's sonnets are autobiographical -- , If Shakespeare were writing now, he'd be writing for Hollywood -- , Tempest was Shakespeare's farewell to the stage -- , Shakespeare had a huge vocabulary -- , Shakespeare's plays are timeless -- , Macbeth is jinxed in the theater -- , Shakespeare did not revise his plays -- , Boy actors played women's roles -- , Shakespeare's plays don't work as movies -- , Yorick's skull was real -- , Queen Elizabeth loved Shakespeare's plays -- , Shakespeare's characters are like real people -- , Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare.

Additional Edition: Print version: Maguire, Laurie E. 30 great myths about Shakespeare. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 ISBN 9780470658505

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books. ; Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Electronic books. ; Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Electronic books. ; Criticism, interpretation, etc.

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118326770

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118326770

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118326770