Shakespeare by Anthony Burgess
Like Burgess's early novel, Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love-Life, this equally delightful factual treatment of what we know of the Bard combines Burgess's stimulating erudition and his well-informed imagination. The result is at once a speculative biography, a theatrical history, and a re-creation of the Elizabethan age. Whether a vivid retracing of the evolution Elizabethan theater, a bravura reconstruction of the first performance of Hamlet, an infiltration of the intricacies of the court of the Virgin Queen, or an elegy on the era's end with the distrastrous Essex Rebellion, Burgess -- author of the classic A Clockwork Orange -- sets the stage for England's most glorious time and turns the spotlight on the figure of William Shakespeare. Animated by affection and an understanding of the creative imagination that only a creative writer can bring to bear.--Atlantic Monthly A smooth-flowing narrative, often enlivened by Anthony Burgess's Joycean appetite for linguistic fantasy.--Economist Bright, racy...knowledgeable and humorous, alternately sensible and quirky.--Terry Eagleton, Commonweal Burgess's wonderfully well-stocked mind and essentially wayward spirits are just right for summoning up an apparition of the Bard....--Daily Telegraph
Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917. He studied English at Manchester University and joined the army in 1940 where he spent six years in the Education Corps. After demobilization, he worked first as a college lecturer in Speech and Drama and then as a grammar-school master before becoming an education officer in the Colonial Service, stationed in Malay and Borneo. In 1959 Burgess was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour and decided to become a full-time writer. Despite being given less than a year to live, Burgess went on to write at least a book a year - including A Clockwork Orange (1962), M/F (1971), Man of Nazareth (1979), Earthly Powers (1980) and The Kingdom of the Wicked (1985) - and hundreds of book reviews right up until his death. He was also a prolific composer and produced many full-scale works for orchestra and other media during his lifetime. Anthony Burgess died in 1993.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224618922 |
| ISBN 10 | 022461892X |
| Title | Shakespeare |
| Author | Anthony Burgess |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1970-09-24 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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