{"product_id":"the-life-of-william-shakespeare-9781118281529","title":"The Life of William Shakespeare","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe   Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Two of the Mighty dead have been brought back to life in exemplary fashion: Shakespeare in Lois Potter’s The Life of William Shakespeare: A Critical Biography, which very cleverly uses expert theatre-knowledge as a way of making her enigmatic subject seem plausibly substantial; and Keats in Nicholas Roe’s John Keats: A New Life, which puts the poet properly in his place.”  (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, 24 November 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This study will have wide appeal to readers who wish to expand their appreciation of the works of William Shakespeare.  Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 November 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A richly suggestive, undogmatic book in which Lois Potter ranges across the entire canon and the period that helped produce it.”  (\u003ci\u003eAround the Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Lois Potter’s Life of William Shakespeare, ranks with the most distinguished examples of its kind … Her achievement lies in her catholicity, her simultaneous commitment to matters personal, historical, theatrical, literary, cultural.  She exhibits an absolute command of the available facts, a lifetime’s acquaintance with the works gained in teaching and playgoing, an unparalleled familiarity with theatrical history from 1567 to the present, and a talent for connecting the fictional and the actual.”  (\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, 10 August 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations vi  \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shakespeare Family Tree xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 “Born into the World”: 1564–1571 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 “Nemo SibiNascitur”: 1571–1578 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 “Hic et Ubique”: 1578–1588 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 “This Man’s Art and That Man’s Scope”: 1588–1592 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 “Tigers’ Hearts”: 1592–1593 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 “The Dangerous Year”: 1593–1594 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 “Our Usual Manager of Mirth”: 1594–1595 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 “The Strong’st and Surest Way to Get”: Histories, 1595–1596 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 “When Love Speaks”: Tragedy and Comedy, 1595–1596 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 “You Had a Father; Let Your Son Say So”: 1596–1598 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 “Unworthy Scaffold”: 1598–1599 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 “These Words Are Not Mine”: 1599–1601 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 “Looking Before and After”: 1600–1603 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 “This Most Balmy Time”: 1603–1605 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 “Past the Size of Dreaming”: 1606–1609 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 “Like an Old Tale”: 1609–1611 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 “The Second Burden”: 1612–1616 384\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 “In the Mouths of Men”: 1616 and After 414\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 443\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 475\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406845911383,"sku":"9781118281529","price":24.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118281529.jpg?v=1730497321","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-life-of-william-shakespeare-9781118281529","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}