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Shakespeare: the 'Lost Years' (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Shakespeare: the 'Lost Years' (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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List price R663
Loot Price R564
Discovery Miles 5 640
You Save R99 (15%)
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For many years scholars have puzzled over the whereabouts of the
young William Shakespeare. Where was he and what was he doing
during the 'lost years' between leaving school and appearing as an
actor and playwright in London? This fascinating literary detective
story throws fresh light on the problems and provides some
intriguing and significant answers. Bringing forward new historic
and documentary evidence, one of Britain's most senior Shakespeare
scholars makes it as clear as it now can be that Shakespeare worked
as schoolmaster and player for a wealthy Catholic landowner in
Lancashire and later for the Earl of Derby. One of the book's most
startling conclusions is that Shakespeare was probably brought up
as a Roman Catholic. Step by step this strange story of patronage,
recusancy and aspiring talent is pursued through complex family
relationships in a lucid and readable way that will delight anyone
who likes a good story about a great national figure. For the
serious scholar, the book also shows how the Lancashire connection
and the Catholic background help to explain mysterious references
in a number of the plays and poems and fills a major gap in the
understanding of our literary heritage. Revised for this edition,
E. A. J. Honigmann updates the scholarship surrounding this
fascinating research.
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