The Man Shakespeare, His Tragic Life Story - Couverture souple

Harris, Frank

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1840225637 ISBN 13 : 9781840225631

Editeur : Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

First published in 1909, The Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life is a lively biography of England and arguably the world s greatest playwright and poet by an ardent admirer. Pursuing the thesis that a man so elusive in the few surviving documents is found full blown in very one of his works, Frank Harris, a successful journalist and editor, turns his hand to creating an impressionistic portrait that is a t once a highly idiosyncratic exploration of the plays and a telling of the life through them. A product of late-Victorian Bardolatry, Harris s Shakespeare was both hailed and criticised in its day, the New York Times reviewer declaring that This is the book for which we have waited a lifetime , while academic critics attacked it as nonsense . Controversial and self-confident, this biographical study retains its interest as a work of period charm. Bristling with fresh, if not always convincing, arguments, combative in style, and with a full battery of belletristic effects, Harris, as ever, pulls off a tour de force.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1840225637
• ISBN 13: 9781840225631
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 332