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Who Was William Shakespeare?

An Introduction to the Life and Works

Dympna Callaghan

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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft

Beschreibung

A new study of Shakespeare's life and times, which illuminates our understanding and appreciation of his works. * Combines an accessible fully historicised treatment of both the life and the plays, suited to both undergraduate and popular audiences * Looks at 24 of the most significant plays and the sonnets through the lens of various aspects of Shakespeare's life and historical environment * Addresses four of the most significant issues that shaped Shakespeare's career: education, religion, social status, and theatre * Examines theatre as an institution and the literary environment of early modern London * Explains and dispatches conspiracy theories about authorship

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(Cercles, 1 June 2014)
"[A] highly readable introduction to the Life and Works, in the best tradition of that ancient and worthy genre. It is furthermore a piece of New Historical criticism at its sober best ... With such impressive scholarly credentials, [Callaghan] is more than well equipped to provide original and perceptive introductions to Shakespeare's life and works. But this is no mere mechanical life-and-works primer, like the dozens already available on the market and on college bookshop shelves ... This [is a] substantial work of criticism, presented as an introduction to Shakespeare the man and his work, but amounting to considerably more than mere introduction. Dympna Callaghan meets admirably the challenge she set herself in the bold question of the title: who was William Shakespeare? For she shows us very well indeed who he was - and is - and why."

Featured in Times Literary Supplement - 25 October 2013
(Times Literary Supplement, 25 October 2013)
"Dympna Callaghan's lucid and well-structured textbook allows students to see the plays in their context."
(Choice, 1 August 2013)
"The book should interest readers who are curious about Shakespeare's life and the social and political history of England. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers."
--Jean Howard, Columbia University
"This is a great introduction to Shakespeare and his plays for undergraduates, in particular. Dympna Callaghan writes lucid, lively prose, and she explains complex historical points clearly. There is no mystification here, and students should find this an inviting guide to Shakespeare as a dramatist embedded in a particular historical moment."
--Andrew Murphy, University of St Andrews
"This is a thoroughly excellent book which deserves to be widely read by scholars, students and the general public"
--Michael Dobson, University of Birmingham
"In 'Who Was William Shakespeare?' one of our leading Shakespearean critics goes back to the fundamentals of Shakespearean scholarship, and rethinks the entire Shakespeare canon in the light of the world and the life from which it was fashioned. This is a book for anyone, expert or otherwise, who has ever marvelled at Shakespeare's plays and wondered about the experiences and the assumptions that inform them."
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Literaturwissenschaft, Shakespeare, Englische Literatur / Shakespeare, Literature