The truth about William Shakespeare :: fact, fiction and modern biographies /
A polemical attack on the ways recent Shakespeare biographers have disguised their lack of information. How can biographies of Shakespeare continue to appear when so little is known about him? And when what is known has been in the public domain for so long? Why have the majority of the biographies...
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| Zusammenfassung: | A polemical attack on the ways recent Shakespeare biographers have disguised their lack of information. How can biographies of Shakespeare continue to appear when so little is known about him? And when what is known has been in the public domain for so long? Why have the majority of the biographies published in the last decade been written by distinguished Shakespeareans who ought to know better? To solve this puzzle, David Ellis looks at the methods that Shakespeare's biographers have used to hide their lack of knowledge. At the same time, by exploring efforts to write a life of Shakespeare al. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (1 online resource) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748646685 074864668X 9780748653881 0748653880 |
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| spelling | Ellis, David, 1939- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfCxc9hQbQh3gTJRc3hHC http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84104776 The truth about William Shakespeare : fact, fiction and modern biographies / David Ellis. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2012. 1 online resource (1 online resource) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. A polemical attack on the ways recent Shakespeare biographers have disguised their lack of information. How can biographies of Shakespeare continue to appear when so little is known about him? And when what is known has been in the public domain for so long? Why have the majority of the biographies published in the last decade been written by distinguished Shakespeareans who ought to know better? To solve this puzzle, David Ellis looks at the methods that Shakespeare's biographers have used to hide their lack of knowledge. At the same time, by exploring efforts to write a life of Shakespeare al. Print version record. COVER; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I; 1 Rules of the game; 2 How to make bricks without straw; 3 Forebears; 4 The female line and Catholicism; 5 Boyhood and youth; 6 Marriage; 7 The theatre; 8 Patronage, or who's who in the Sonnets; 9 Shakespeare and the love of men; 10 Shakespeare and the love of women; 11 Friends; 12 London life; 13 Politics; 14 Money; 15Retirement and death; 16 Post-mortem; PART II; 17Gossip; 18 The post-modernist challenge; 19 The argument from expertise; 20 Final thoughts; Notes; Index. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxx96qPfyhwWrJChP9kXd Biography as a literary form. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014164 Authors, English Biography History and criticism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86006505 Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014152 Biographies as Topic. Biographie (Genre littéraire) Biographies. biographies (literary works) aat biography (general genre) aat DRAMA Shakespeare. bisacsh LITERARY CRITICISM Shakespeare. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary bisacsh Authors, English Biography fast Biography as a literary form fast Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast has work: The truth about William Shakespeare (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCH4jkmw9VWhpbkw4BvhBrq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Ellis, David. Truth About William Shakespeare : Fact, Fiction and Modern Biographies. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2012 9780748646661 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=459474 Volltext CBO01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=459474 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Ellis, David, 1939- The truth about William Shakespeare : fact, fiction and modern biographies / COVER; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I; 1 Rules of the game; 2 How to make bricks without straw; 3 Forebears; 4 The female line and Catholicism; 5 Boyhood and youth; 6 Marriage; 7 The theatre; 8 Patronage, or who's who in the Sonnets; 9 Shakespeare and the love of men; 10 Shakespeare and the love of women; 11 Friends; 12 London life; 13 Politics; 14 Money; 15Retirement and death; 16 Post-mortem; PART II; 17Gossip; 18 The post-modernist challenge; 19 The argument from expertise; 20 Final thoughts; Notes; Index. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxx96qPfyhwWrJChP9kXd Biography as a literary form. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014164 Authors, English Biography History and criticism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86006505 Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014152 Biographies as Topic. Biographie (Genre littéraire) Biographies. biographies (literary works) aat biography (general genre) aat DRAMA Shakespeare. bisacsh LITERARY CRITICISM Shakespeare. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary bisacsh Authors, English Biography fast Biography as a literary form fast |
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| title | The truth about William Shakespeare : fact, fiction and modern biographies / |
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| title_full | The truth about William Shakespeare : fact, fiction and modern biographies / David Ellis. |
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