9780670018505
The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street
Charles Nicholl
ISBN 13: 9780670018505
Publisher: Viking Pr
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
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A historical account of Shakespeare's participation in an 1612 court case involving an unpaid marriage dowry offers insight into the bard's obscure private life, in a volume that draws on a wide variety of sources to piece together the environment in which such plays as
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"With lively readings of the plays and a nuanced portrait of their author...this entertaining biographical study of Shakespeare...captures the 'simmering randiness of the age.'"
New Yorker, 02/25/2008
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Book Description: Viking. 1 Cloth(s), 2008. hard. Book Condition: New. The James Tait Black Prize–winning biographer of Thomas Nashe, Arthur Rimbaud, and Leonardo da Vinci here extrapolates a short period in the life of William Shakespeare from a simple legal record: evidently, the Bard testified to his part in arranging the nuptials of the daughter of the French Huguenots with whom he was rooming. We see him not in the context of the author of Othello, Measure for Measure, and King Lear—written while living with the Mountjoys, and no doubt flavored by the somewhat rowdy surroundings—but rather as the maid saw him: merely "one Mr. Shakespeare," renting the room upstairs. "[Charles] Nicholl opens up the situation's possibilities for the playwright. He probably honed his French among the immigrants and appropriated physical, emotional, and occupational details from them for the personae of his dramas. Most piquantly, he could have learned much about the demimonde from them and such associates as George Wilkins, the coauthor of Pericles, for the Mountjoys' circle was involved with adulterers and prostitutes; indeed, Wilkins was a pimp. In an era blessed with them, another treasure trove of Shakespeareana."—Booklist 378. Bookseller Inventory # 14056 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2008. First American edition. First printing., 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Ivory boards w/ maroon spine. Gold lettering. 6 x 9 1/4". Clean, tight copy. No shelf wear. New. 378 pp. includes notes, sources, index. Black and white glossy photos. Pictorial jacket w/ ivory background. No shelf wear. Uncut price. Book and jacket in Mint condition. Bookseller Inventory # 15906 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: Viking Books, 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First edition. Illustrated. New in new dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 377 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Bookseller Inventory # 46908 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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