The Genius Of Shakespeare

Bate, Jonathan - RARE SIGNED FIRST EDITION HARDBACK

ISBN 10: 0330353179 / ISBN 13: 9780330353175

Published by Picador, 1997

About this Item

SIGNED on the title page without dedication. A rare book as such. First printing of the first edition hardback, in a perfect unclipped protected jacket.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1626347102464

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Genius Of Shakespeare
• Publisher: Picador
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330353179
• ISBN 13: 9780330353175
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author

About this title

Synopsis

This is a new kind of biography: a biography of Shakespeare's talent and reputation beyond the limits of his actual life. Part One explores the origins of his works, while Part Two traces their effects on succeeding generations. Never before has a single book combined new readings of Shakespeare's best-known plays with an authoritative summation of the authorship question, speculation on the biographical origin of the sonnets, and a history of how Shakespeare became an inspiration to later artists and a poet of international renown.

About the Author

Jonathan Bate is King Alfred the Great Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of Shakespeare and Ovid (OUP, 1993), Shakespearean Constitutions (OUP, 1989), and Shakespeare and the English Romantic Imagination (OUP, 1986). Among his edited volumes are Titus Andronicus (Arden Shakespeare), Romantic Ecology, and The Romantics on Shakespeare.