What Was Shakespeare Really Like?

Sir Stanley Wells is one of the world's greatest authorities on William Shakespeare. Here he brings a lifetime of learning and reflection to bear on some of the most tantalising questions about the poet and dramatist that there are. How did he think, feel, and work? What were his relationships like? What did he believe about death? What made him laugh? This freshly thought and immensely engaging study wrestles with fundamental debates concerning Shakespeare's personality and life. The mysteries of how Shakespeare lived, whom and how he loved, how he worked, how he produced some of the greatest and most abidingly popular works in the history of world literature and drama, have fascinated readers for centuries. This concise, crystalline book conjures illuminating insights to reveal Shakespeare as he was. Wells brings the writer and dramatist alive, in all his fascinating humanity, for readers of today.

Product details

• Authors: Stanley Wells, Stanley (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Wells, Wells Stanley
• Assisted by: Stephen Fry (Foreword), Fry Stephen (Foreword)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2023
• EAN: 9781009340373
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0934037-3
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; England, English, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Biography: writers, Individual actors and performers, For secondary education, European history: Renaissance, Early 17th century c 1600 to c 1650, Theatre direction and production, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Later 16th century c 1550 to c 1599, For higher / tertiary / university education, For adult education, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, For advanced / upper secondary education, For vocational / professional education / training, For bridging courses / education