Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
ISBN-10
0393050572
ISBN-13
9780393050578
Series
Will in the World
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
430
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Author
Stephen Greenblatt

Description

A portrait of Elizabethan England and how it contributed to the making of William Shakespeare discusses how he moved to London lacking money, connections, and a formal education; started a family; attempted to forge his career in the competitive theater world; grappled with dangerous religious and political forces; and rose to became his age's foremost playwright. 100,000 first printing.

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