Portraits of Shakespeare, and on the Sonnets of Shakespeare

Klappentext A one-volume reissue of works, published 1824-7, examining portraits of Shakespeare, including an 1837 essay on his sonnets' dedicatee. Zusammenfassung The debate over likenesses of Shakespeare and the identity of the sonnets' dedicatee is ongoing. This one-volume reissue comprises three works exploring these subjects: two from 1824 and 1837 by playwright and biographer James Boaden (1762–1839) and an 1827 essay on the portraits by painter Abraham Wivell (1786–1849). Inhaltsverzeichnis An inquiry into the authenticity of various pictures and prints which have been offered to the public as portraits of Shakespeare; An inquiry into the history, authenticity, and characteristics of the Shakespeare portraits; On the sonnets of Shakespeare.

Product details

• Authors: James Boaden, James Wivell Boaden, Boaden James, Abraham Wivell
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2013
• EAN: 9781108064880
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06488-0
• No. of pages: 506
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean