Shakespeare - The World as a Stage

Zusammenfassung This exquisitely illustrated edition of Bill Bryson's best-selling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling journey through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship.

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'A brilliantly funny and gently insightful travel guide to 16th century England. As an abbreviated tour around the world of Shakespeare, this could hardly be bettered.' Sunday Times
'Bryson is shrewd...and as funny as you'd expect...he sets down all the important bits of evidence, and assesses them in a measured scholarly way. He's good value too.' Daily Telegraph
'Measured, sensible and, at times, as wryly humorous as you'd expect.' The Times
'Fast paced jaunt through Bardolatry...wittily evokes Elizabethan England.' Sunday Times
'A work worthy of one of the greatest writers in the English language.' Daily Express
'Bryson uses an inimitably light touch and squeezes a vast subject down to manageable proportions...he is a warm and funny guide through the whole complicated morass of Shakespearean scholarship.' Financial Times

Product details

• Authors: Bill Bryson
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2012
• EAN: 9780007479634
• ISBN: 978-0-00-747963-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 174 mm x 231 mm x 22 mm
• Series: HarperPress
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biographien (div.), Shakespeare, William