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A TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Drawing on an exceptional combination of skills as literary biographer, novelist, and chronicler of London history, Peter Ackroyd surely re-creates the world that shaped Shakespeare--and brings the playwright himself into unusually vivid focus. With characteristic narrative panache, Ackroyd immerses us in sixteenth-century Stratford and the rural landscape–the industry, the animals, even the flowers–that would appear in Shakespeare’s plays. He takes us through Shakespeare’s London neighborhood and the fertile, competitive theater world where he worked as actor and writer. He shows us Shakespeare as a businessman, and as a constant reviser of his writing. In joining these intimate details with profound intuitions about the playwright and his work, Ackroyd has produced an altogether engaging masterpiece.
Editions of Shakespeare
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781856197267
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781400075980
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780749386559
- AltFormat
- ISBN 9780385511391
- EBook
- ISBN 9780307490827
- Audiobook
- ISBN 9781415924792
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780739323779
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780739346068
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780739323762
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9781415924808
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A TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Drawing on an exceptional combination of skills as literary biographer, novelist, and chronicler of London history, Peter Ackroyd surely re-creates the world that shaped Shakespeare--and brings the playwright himself into unusually vivid focus. With characteristic narrative panache, Ackroyd immerses us in sixteenth-century Stratford and the rural landscape–the industry, the animals, even the flowers–that would appear in Shakespeare’s plays. He takes us through Shakespeare’s London neighborhood and the fertile, competitive theater world where he worked as actor and writer. He shows us Shakespeare as a businessman, and as a constant reviser of his writing. In joining these intimate details with profound intuitions about the playwright and his work, Ackroyd has produced an altogether engaging masterpiece.
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A TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Drawing on an exceptional combination of skills as literary biographer, novelist, and chronicler of London history, Peter Ackroyd surely re-creates the world that shaped Shakespeare--and brings the playwright himself into unusually vivid focus. With characteristic narrative panache, Ackroyd immerses us in sixteenth-century Stratford and the rural landscape–the industry, the animals, even the flowers–that would appear in Shakespeare’s plays. He takes us through Shakespeare’s London neighborhood and the fertile, competitive theater world where he worked as actor and writer. He shows us Shakespeare as a businessman, and as a constant reviser of his writing. In joining these intimate details with profound intuitions about the playwright and his work, Ackroyd has produced an altogether engaging masterpiece.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Shakespeare?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Biography and non-fiction prose > Biography: general > Biography: writers
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Shakespeare?
Peter Ackroyd
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Shakespeare is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781856197267) and paperback(ISBN 9781400075980) and paperback(ISBN 9780749386559) and altformat(ISBN 9780385511391) and ebook(ISBN 9780307490827) and audiobook(ISBN 9781415924792) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780739323779) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780739346068) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780739323762) and audiodisc(ISBN 9781415924808)
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