That Man Shakespeare (Icons of Modern Culture) - Hardcover

David Ellis

9781903206188: That Man Shakespeare (Icons of Modern Culture)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1903206189 ISBN 13: 9781903206188

Publisher: Helm Information Ltd, 2005

This second book in the Icons of Modern Culture series traces the growth of Shakespeare's reputation after his death and the demand that arose for a satisfactory image of the writer responsible for so much intense and varied pleasure. It shows how legend was used to compensate for the lack of reliable information about Shakespeare's life, and the different ways in which succeeding generations dealt with such apparent difficulties as, for instance, the warmth of his addresses to a man in the Sonnets or his supposed ill-treatment of his wife in his will. 'Who was William Shakespeare?' is a question which has not only been answered differently in different generations but also in different ways by scholars, biographers, novelists, dramatists and poets. This lack of consensus has neither inhibited the belief that 'Shakespeare' is universally known, nor lessened the commercial and publicity value of his image: a paradox which this book amply illustrates.

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About the Author:

David Ellis is Professor Emeritus of English Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury and author of many books and articles

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