 | - Book Title: William Shakespeare a biography
- Author: A. L. Rowse
- ISBN: mw001294321
- Publisher: Macmillan
- Year Published: 1963
- Our Price: £44.00 GBP ($87.12 USD)
- Description: Macmillan 1963, first edition green cloth hardcover: dust jacket: 484 pages: black and white photographic illustrations. Included with the book is a collection of newspaper cuttings including an article published in The Times on Monday January 29th 1973 by Dr A L Rowse entitled "Revealed at last , Shakespeare's dark Lady " in which he claims to have had discovered the identity of Shakespeare's mistress; the answering articles by A. L. Rowse and Michael Ratcliffe questioning and assessing his claims ; an article by Dr A L Rowse entitled " The reception of my Shakespeare" published in The Times on the 17th of January 1984 in which he responds to the criticism of his book; a letter concerning the same subject published on the fourth of September 1963 by J. Dover Wilson; an article published on the same day by Ivor Brown ; a critical essay on the work of Dr A. L. Rowse by Stanley Wells published in the Sunday Times on September 8, 1989: a letter from Mr Ivor Cook on the same subject published in The Times on 7th November 1969; and an article published in The Times on April 24th 1976 entitled" How the Bard found his way into the scriptures through a piece of secret writing " by Bishop Mark Hodson.
Synopsis: a biography written by Dr A L Rowse, prominent Elizabethan historian, published on the eve of Shakespeare's quarter centenary, examining the problems of Shakespeare's life and work. The author claimed to have solved the problem of the sonnets; to have discovered the date and occasion of the first performance of a Midsummer Night's Dream; to have provided the missing clue to Love's Labours Lost; to have thrown new light on the context of Romeo and Juliet; and to have illuminated the history and political plays by the light of the events of the time. Condition dust jacket edges worn and with small repairs: the occasional fox mark to front endpaper and page edging: the occasion pencilled note: contents very clean and good: overall good and collectable
- Condition: Collectable- Good
- Dustcover: Yes
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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