TY - BOOK AU - Fielitz,Sonja AU - Holderness,Graham AU - Holland,Peter AU - Honan,Park AU - Potter,Lois AU - Sawyer,Robert AU - Scheil,Katherine AU - Weis,René AU - Williams,Rowan TI - Shakespeare and Biography T2 - Shakespeare & SN - 9781789209037 U1 - 822.3/3 23 PY - 2020///] CY - New York, Oxford PB - Berghahn Books KW - Dramatists, English KW - Early modern, 1500-1700 KW - Biography KW - History and criticism KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare KW - bisacsh KW - actor KW - anne hathaway KW - authorship KW - bard of avon KW - biography KW - drama KW - early modern theatre KW - english literature KW - english playwright KW - family KW - greatest dramatist KW - greatest writer in the english language KW - hamlet KW - king lear KW - likeness KW - london KW - macbeth KW - marriage KW - national poet KW - othello KW - performing arts KW - playing company KW - plays KW - playwright KW - poems KW - poetry KW - religion KW - romeo and juliet KW - shakespeare biography KW - shakespeare KW - the bard KW - theatrical career KW - wife KW - william shakespeare N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction: Shakespeare and ‘the Personal Story’ --; Chapter 1 Shakespeare and Marlowe: Re-Writing the Relationship --; Chapter 2 The Second Best Bed and the Legacy of Anne Hathaway --; Chapter 3 Religion Revisited: William Shakespeare, Nicholas Owen, and the Culture of Doppelbödigkeit --; Chapter 4 To Change the Picture of Shakespeare Biography --; Chapter 5 From Biographies to Bardcom --; Chapter 6 Shakespeare Biography and Identity Politics --; Chapter 7 Shakespeare and Biography --; Chapter 8 Shakeshafte --; Epilogue: Some Further Account of the Life &c. of Mr. William Shakespear, with Corrections Made to the First and Second Editions, and with the Supplementation of New Matter Acquir'd from Diligent Researches in the Publick Records, and from Conversations Mr. Betterton had with the people of Stratfordupon- Avon (1715) --; Index; restricted access N2 - From Shakespeare’s religion to his wife to his competitors in the world of early modern theatre, biographers have approached the question of the Bard’s life from numerous angles. Shakespeare & Biography offers a fresh look at the biographical questions connected with the famous playwright’s life, through essays and reflections written by prominent international scholars and biographers UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789209051?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781789209051 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781789209051/original ER -