Wells, Stanley
What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
- ISBN 13:
- 9781009340373
- author:
- Wells, Stanley
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 130
- Dimensions:
- 20 x 13.2 x 1.8 centimetres (0.3
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, European,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
Sir Stanley Wells, one of the world's greatest authorities on William Shakespeare, brings his lifetime of learning and reflection to bear on some of the most intriguing questions about the poet and dramatist. How did he think, feel, and work? What were his relationships like? This concise study wrestles with fundamental debates concerning Shakespeare's personality and life.
The mysteries of how Shakespeare lived, whom and how he loved, how he worked, and how he produced some of the greatest works in world literature and drama have fascinated readers for centuries. Wells conjures illuminating insights to reveal Shakespeare as he was, bringing the writer and dramatist alive in all his fascinating humanity.