Shakespeare: The World as StageBill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship—updated with a new introduction by the author to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colorful muddle to reveal the man himself. His Shakespeare is like no one else's—the beneficiary of Bryson's genial nature, his engaging skepticism, and a gift for storytelling unrivaled in our time. |
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SHAKESPEARE: The World as Stage
ביקורת משתמש - KirkusA telling glance at one of history's most famously unknowable figures.As sometimes happens with expatriates, journalist Bryson (The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir, 2006, etc.) often ... קרא סקירה מלאה
Fantastic book
ביקורת משתמש - ZeusBaby - BordersThis book is such an interesting and fast read. Bryson truly 'sets the stage', describing the life and times of a Londoner in Elizabethan and Jacobian times. Since so little is known of the details of ... קרא סקירה מלאה