The Genius of Shakespeare

b>With an introduction by Simon Callow/b>Judgements about the quality of works of art begin in opinion. But for the last two hundred years only the wilfully perverse (and Tolstoy) have denied the validity of the opinion that Shakespeare was a genius.Who was Shakespeare? Why has his writing endured? And what makes it so endlessly adaptable to different times and cultures? Exploring Shakespeare's life, including questions of authorship and autobiography, and charting how his legacy has grown over the centuries, this extraordinary book asks how Shakespeare has come to be such a powerful symbol of genius.Written with lively passion and wit, The Genius of Shakespeare is a fascinating biography of the life - and afterlife - of our greatest poet. Jonathan Bate, one of the world's leading Shakespearean scholars, has shown how the legend of Shakespeare's genius was created and sustained, and how the man himself became a truly global phenomenon.'The best modern book on Shakespeare' Sir Peter Hall

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Bate, Bate Jonathan
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.04.2016
• EAN: 9781509822546
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-2254-6
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Picador Classic; Picador Classics; Picador Classic; Picador Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Shakespeare, Cultural Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Language, DRAMA / Shakespeare, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Biography: writers, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean