30 Great Myths about Shakespeare
Download or Read eBook 30 Great Myths about Shakespeare PDF written by Laurie Maguire and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Laurie Maguire |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2013-01-22 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780470658505 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0470658509 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis 30 Great Myths about Shakespeare by : Laurie Maguire
Book excerpt: Think you know Shakespeare? Think again . . . Was a real skull used in the first performance of Hamlet? Were Shakespeare's plays Elizabethan blockbusters? How much do we really know about the playwright's life? And what of his notorious relationship with his wife? Exploring and exploding 30 popular myths about the great playwright, this illuminating new book evaluates all the evidence to show how historical material—or its absence—can be interpreted and misinterpreted, and what this reveals about our own personal investment in the stories we tell.
