While many things about Shakespeare's life are unknown, certainly,
like everyone else, he had a family. This book gathers into a
single source as much information as possible concerning
Shakespeare's immediate family, from his grandfathers on the
maternal and paternal sides to his granddaughter, the last member
of his direct family line. But readers may ask, to what extent did
the relationships in the plays reflect the actual familial
structures of Shakespeare's day? To what extent did Shakespeare
experience personally the familial dynamics about which he wrote so
eloquently? And to what extent were Shakespeare's own family
experiences typical or atypical of other Elizabethan or Jacobean
families? These questions can be addressed because more is known of
Shakespeare's family than of the families of any of his fellow
writers and actors. For several generations members of
Shakespeare's family were important local figures in and around
Stratford-upon-Avon, and, fortunately, from the Middle Ages until
the present day, Stratford-upon-Avon has been one of the
best-documented towns in England. While many things about
Shakespeare's life are unknown, certainly, like everyone else, he
had a family. This book gathers into a single source as much
information as possible concerning Shakespeare's immediate family,
from his grandfathers on the maternal and paternal sides to his
granddaughter, the last member of his direct family line. But
readers may ask, to what extent did the relationships in the plays
reflect the actual familial structures of Shakespeare's day? To
what extent did Shakespeare experience personally the familial
dynamics about which he wrote so eloquently? And to what extent
were Shakespeare's own family experiences typical or atypical of
other Elizabethan or Jacobean families? These questions can be
addressed because more is known of Shakespeare's family than of the
families of any of his fellow writers and actors. For several
generations, members of Shakespeare's family were important local
figures in and around Stratford-upon-Avon, and, fortunately, from
the Middle Ages until the present day Stratford-upon-Avon has been
one of the best-documented towns in England. In vivid detail, Pogue
provides an overview of the various members of Shakespeare's family
and, where possible, draws conclusions concerning Shakespeare's
relationships with his various family members. Further, the author
notes to what extent Shakespeare's family experiences were typical
or atypical of the time, and includes at the end of each chapter a
discussion of scenes from Shakespeare's plays presenting the
relevant familial relationship, juxtaposing the relational scenes
he wrote with what we know of his own experience. Such a comparison
impresses us once again not just with his skill at holding the
mirror up to the nature of his time, but with the imaginative
insight into humanity that lay at the heart of his dramatic genius.
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