Shakespeare Revealed by Rene Weis
Intimacies with Marlowe, entanglements in London with the mysterious dark lady, the probable fathering of an illegitimate son -- the mysteries of Shakespeare's personal life have proven tantalisingly obscure. In Shakespeare Revealed, acclaimed authority, Rene Weis, brings the man and his milieu to the fore in a compelling reassessment. Breaking with tradition, he reveals how the works themselves contain a rich seam of clues about Shakespeare's life, from his heretical dalliances with Catholicism to his grief at the death of his son Hamnet. If there is a code in his writing, Shakespeare always intended it to be broken. This striking re-reading is consolidated by scrupulous archival research. Through reconstruction of records of the age, Rene Weis builds a colourful picture of Shakespeare's daily life: the bustling market town of Stratford, the spellbinding forests of Warwickshire, the pell-mell of London's theatres. Above all he reanimates Shakespeare's social scene: Stratford's family affairs and neighbourly disputes and a dangerous London scene, peopled with shady spies, informers and torturers.
'Intriguing stuff' -- The Bookseller Praise for The Yellow Cross: --'A story with a powerful modern resonance, a story of treachery, betrayal, passion, greed, and heroism ! My book of the year' -- Christopher Bland, Sunday Telegraph 'Painstaking and passionate' -- The Times 'For the reader interested in the texture of life in the medieval world ! there can be few better guides than this beautiful book, which lets an almost forgotten people, even through the filter of time, speak once again for themselves' -- Washington Post 'Intriguing stuff' -- The Bookseller
Rene Weis is a world authority on Shakespeare. He has edited King Lear 'Longman' and Henry IV Part 2 'Oxford' and has published widely on Shakespeare. He is currently working on a new edition of Romeo and Juliet for the Arden Shakespeare. He lives in London and teaches at UCL. He has previously written two critically acclaimed biographies: Criminal Justice and The Yellow Cross.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719565748 |
| ISBN 10 | 071956574X |
| Title | Shakespeare Revealed |
| Author | Rene Weis |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2008-04-17 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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