Shakespeare Unbound: Decoding a Hidden Life
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At last--a key that unlocks the secrets of Shakespeare's life ? Intimacies with Southampton and Marlowe, entanglements in London with the elusive dark lady, the probable fathering of an illegitimate son--these are among the mysteries of Shakespeare's rich and turbulent life that have proven tantalizingly obscure. Despite an avalanche of recent scholarship, Ren? Weis, an acknowledged authority on the Elizabethan period, believes the links between the bard's life and the poems and plays have been largely ignored. Armed with a wealth of new archival research and his own highly regarded interpretations of the literature, the author finds provocative parallels between Shakespeare's early experiences in the bustling market town of Stratford--including a dangerous poaching incident and contacts with underground Catholics--and the plays. Breaking with tradition, Weis reveals that it is the plays and poems themselves that contain the richest seam of clues about the details of Shakespeare's personal life, at home in Stratford and in the shadowy precincts of theatrical London--details of a code unbroken for four hundred years.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0805075011
ISBN13:9780805075014
Release Date:October 2007
Publisher:Henry Holt & Company
Length:479 Pages
Weight:1.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.6" x 9.6"
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The best biography of Will to date!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
René Weis breaks down all kinds of artifical and traditional walls between Shakespeare's life and works to discover new evidence and reevaluate old evidence. Weis traces Will's links to hundreds of other people of his time including the most likely youth of the Sonnets (Henry Wriothesley), the dark lady (Aemelia Bassano Lanier), and rival poet (Kit Marlowe). I envy his access to and smart use of documents in Stratford and London. You may want to argue with some of his answers, but his brave confrontation with all the old questions about Shakespeare's life, writing style, and autobiographical clues will amaze and delight you. A new level of biography writer for Shakespeare lovers! --Peter Jensen, author of Secrets of the Sonnets: Shakespeare's Code
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