Isidore opsomer biography of william shakespeare
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William Shakespeare - LAST REVIEWED: 27 November 2013
- LAST MODIFIED: 27 November 2013
- DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199846719-0085
- LAST REVIEWED: 27 November 2013
- LAST MODIFIED: 27 November 2013
- DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199846719-0085
Ackroyd, Peter.
Shakespeare: The Biography. New York: Nan A. Talese, 2005.
A biography that is keen to show a close relationship between the life and the works and that Shakespeare’s art was rooted in his life experience, suggesting that we can read what he wrote autobiographically.
Bate, Jonathan.
Soul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare. New York: Random House, 2009.
He put on around fifty shows in France and abroad, initiating the form of theatrical oratorio, and was inspired by ancient and modern texts: Maeterlinck.
Explores Shakespeare’s life through the Elizabethan philosophy of the seven ages of man, based on Jacques’s speech in As You Like It, providing historical information about 16th-century life for each of the seven stages.
Bevington, David.
Shakespeare and Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
A useful resource for those interested in the history of Shakespearean biogr