Shakespeare - The World as a Stage

Informationen zum Autor Bill Bryson's many books include, most recently ‘The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid’ as well as ‘A Short History of Nearly Everything‘, ‘I'm a Stranger Here Myself’, ‘A walk in the Woods’, ‘Neither Here Nor There’, ‘Made in America’, and ‘Notes from a Small Island’. He edited ‘The Best American Travel Writing 2000’. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, he now lives in Norfolk with his wife and four children. Klappentext Following his international bestsellers 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' and 'The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid', Bill Bryson has written, with his usual inimitable wit and intelligence, a short biography of William Shakespeare for the Eminent Lives series - which seeks to pair great subjects with writers known for their strong sensibilities and sharp, lively points of view. Shakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions, some preposterous, some conflicting, arranged around the few scant facts known about the Bard - from his birth in Stratford to the bequest of his second best bed to his wife when he died. Zusammenfassung From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare! our greatest dramatist and poet.

Product details

• Authors: Bill Bryson
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.04.2008
• EAN: 9780007197903
• ISBN: 978-0-00-719790-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 15 mm
• Series: HarperPerennial; Harper Perennial; Harper Perennial
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biographien (div.), Shakespeare, William, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Biography: writers, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean