Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Date: 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1991. Oxford University Press, Incorporated ISBN 0198186185 9780198186182 [US]

Oxford University Press, USA 1991 Abridged. Hardcover Good jacket

Oxford University Press, Date: 1991. Hardcover. Good in Good dust jacket/Good. 1991. Oxford University Press ISBN 0198186185 9780198186182 [US]

Oxford University Press 1991 Abridged. Hardcover Good in Good dust jacket in Good jacket

Oxford University Press, USA, December Date: 1991. Hardcover . Good/Good. Bookplate. Jacket clipped. 1991. Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 0198186185 9780198186182 [US]

ISBN10: 0198186185, ISBN13: 9780198186182, [publisher: Oxford: Clarendon Press] Hardcover XIX, 612 p. Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / Cover slightly rubbed, otherwise good copy without markings. - First published twenty years ago, this witty and learned book—now completely revised and updated—follows the quest throughout history for Shakespeare the man. A wealth of material in collections scattered all over the world yields fresh and often dramatic information about a host of controversial characters and incidents. Beginning with the Shakespeare of documentary record—poet of the London stage and burgher of Stratford—Professor Schoenbaum proceeds to the Shakespeare of legend—deer-poacher, ale-toper, and valiant lover. Other Shakespeares follow: the playwright as protagonist in a host of popular and scholarly biographies, which often reveal more of the biographer than his subject. There is the Shakespeare for whom an imaginary history was invented through forged documents—first by Ireland in the eighteenth century, and later by the cleverer and more seasoned J. Payne Collier. And lastly there is the Shakespeare who never was: anti-hero of a vast and frequently eccentric literature crediting his works to luminaries such as Francis Bacon, the Earl of Oxford, and Christopher Marlowe / Contents List of Illustrations PART I MATERIALS FOR A LIFE 1. Prologue 2. The Shakespeares of Warwickshire 3. The Burgher of Stratford 4. The ...

ISBN10: 0198186185, ISBN13: 9780198186182, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated] Hardcover When S. Schoenbaum's Shakespeare's Lives first appeared over twenty years ago, critics enthusiastically hailed it as a triumph of wit and scholarship. Stanley Wells, the editor of Shakespeare's complete works, called it "an extraordinary achievement.fluent, vivid, and intelligent." Writing in the Saturday Review, Benjamin DeMott described Shakespeare's Lives as "a superbly informed, elegantly composed, intensely readable book," while Terry Eagleton remarked on its "shrewd intelligence." Schoenbaum's study of the changing images of Shakespeare throughout history broke important new ground; but in the years since this book first appeared many scholars have followed his lead, and Shakespeare studies has progressed by leaps and bounds. Now, Schoenbaum, one of "the heroes of Shakespeare scholarship," according to Wells, has revised and up-dated this classic study of Shakespeare and his biographers, taking account of the most recent scholarship, adding a chapter on "Recent Lives," and abridging certain sections. Schoenbaum takes us on a tour of the countless myths and legends which have arisen to explain the great dramatist's life and work, bringing the story right up to 1989 with the publication of A.L. Rowse's Discovering Shakespeare. In the new edition, the emphasis is on more recent ...