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Becoming Shakespeare begins where most Shakespeare stories end, with his death in 1616. Jack Lynch has written the definitive biography of Shakespeare's afterlife: the fascinating tale of his unlikely transformation from provincial playwright to universal Bard. Unlike later literary giants, Shakespeare created no stir when he died. Within a few years he was nearly forgotten. And when London's theatres were shut down in 1642, he seemed destined for oblivion.
With the Restoration in 1660, however, the theatres were open once again, and Shakespeare began his long ascent. No longer merely one playwright among many, he became the transcendent genius at the heart of English culture.
Fifty years after the Restoration scholars began taking him seriously. Fifty years after that he was considered England's greatest genius. And by 1800 he was practically divine, what Jane Austen called 'part of an Englishman's constitution'.
Jack Lynch brilliantly chronicles Shakespeare's afterlife - from the revival of his plays to the decades when his work was co-opted and 'improved' by politicians and other playwrights, and culminating with the 'Bardolatry' of the Stratford celebration of Shakespeare's three-hundredth birthday in 1864.
Becoming Shakespeare is not only essential reading for anyone intrigued by the myth of Shakespeare, but it also offers a consideration of the vagaries of fame.
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'The best thing about Jack Lynch's fascinating book is that it helps us to understand that process by which so many of us have come to share Johnson's opinion. That transformation was every bit as contingent and turbulent as one of William Shakespeare's great dramas.' (Los Angeles Times Book Review)
A witty and appealing story of how a superstar was born (Kirkus Reviews)
Highly readable ... Mr Lynch's account of it is worthy of inclusion on anyone's reading list. (Dallas Morning News)
A book for Shakespeareans of all stripes to relish with gusto. (Booklist)
A feisty mixture of scholarship, wit and mischief (The Herald, The Big Read)
An absorbing book (The Field)
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The Untold Story of How a Provincial Playwright Became the World's Foremost Literary Icon
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- EditoreConstable
- Data di pubblicazione2008
- ISBN 10 1845298233
- ISBN 13 9781845298234
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine288
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Second-hand copy, no damage to the dust jacket, no damage or annotations to the book. Becoming Shakespeare begins when most biographies end, with the hero's death in 1616. Jack Linton's concern is with Shakespeare's afterlife: how the unlikely transformation from provincial playwright universal Bard came about. Shakespeare created no stir when he died. Within a few years he was almost forgotten. And when London's theatres were shut in 1642 he seemed destined for oblivion. But with the restoration in 1660, the theatres reopened and Shakespeare began his posthumous comeback.  By 1800 he was practically divine, what Jane Austen called "part of an Englishman's constitution."  Front fold over blurb Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. X, 306, [4] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; 17th century; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: 1845298233. ISBN/EAN: 9781845298234. Inventory No: 0280465. Codice articolo 0280465
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