Life in Shakespeare's England - A Book of Elizabethan Prose (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Entertaining and informative, this 1956 anthology paints a vivid picture of the world in which Shakespeare lived. Using the playwright's life as the framework - his birth, his education, his move to London, his life in theatre, his death - the book uses selected extracts from key Elizabethan publications to embody the atmosphere of this period. From sport to superstition, from festival to fashion, from the plague to playhouses, the significant features of the age are described through its prose, providing the reader with first-hand accounts of the conditions in which Shakespeare's masterpieces were created. All chapters are prefaced with illustrative Shakespearean quotations; the collection representing a commentary on the work as well as the life of Shakespeare. All texts have been modernised to assist the reader, and a glossary is included which explains names, unfamiliar words and difficult passages.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	June 2009
Authors:	John Dover Wilson
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	328
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-00261-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	1-108-00261-7
Barcode:	9781108002615

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