The Life of William Shakespeare [electronic resource] : A Critical Biography
Potter, Lois2012
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The 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. -- Written by an eminent Shakespearean scholar and experienced theatre reviewer -- Pays particular attention to Shakespeare's theatrical contemporaries and the ways in which they influenced his writing -- Offers an intriguing account of the life and work of the great poet-dramatist structured around the idea of memory -- Explores often neglected literary and historical contexts that illuminate Shakespeare's life and works
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Author:
Potter, Lois, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Wiley, 2012
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1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Lois Potter recently retired as Ned B. Allen Chair at the University of Delaware. She has also taught at the Universities of Aberdeen, Leicester, and Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle, and at Tsuda College, Tokyo. Her publications include Twelfth Night: Text and Performance (1986), the Arden edition of The Two Noble Kinsmen (1997, 2001), and Shakespeare in Performance: Othello (2002). She is also the editor of two volumes in the Revels History of Drama in English series (1981 and 1984), and has been a frequent reviewer of plays for the Times Literary Supplement, Shakespeare Quarterly, and Shakespeare Bulletin.
ISBN:
9781118231777
Language:
English
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2899728
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