Shakespeare - Rilegato

Bryson, Bill

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0061965324 ISBN 13: 9780061965326

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2009

Riassunto

An illustrated, updated edition of the author's best-selling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship, in a book with more than 100 color and black-and-white illustrations. 25,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Bill Bryson's bestselling books include One Summer, A Short History of Nearly Everything, At Home, A Walk in the Woods, Neither Here nor There, Made in America, and The Mother Tongue. He lives in England with his wife.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

Bill Bryson's Shakespeare pairs one of history's most celebrated writers with one of the most popular writers in the English language today. In this elegant, updated, illustrated edition, the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of one of the world's greatest poets are evoked through a series of full-color paintings, drawings, portraits, documents and photographs. Bryson also discusses the recent discoveries of the Cobbe portrait and the remains of Shakespeare's first theatre in Shoreditch.

The centuries of mysteries, half-truths and downright lies about Shakespeare are deftly explored, as Bryson draws a picture that includes many aspects of the poet's life, making sense of the man behind the masterpieces. In a journey down the streets of Shakespeare's time, Bryson brings to life the hubbub of Elizabethan England and delights in details of his folios and quartos, poetry and plays. He celebrates the glory of Shakespeare's language and his ceaseless inventiveness, which gave us hundreds of now indispensable phrases, images and words.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061965324
• ISBN 13: 9780061965326
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256