The Lodger Shakespeare : His Life on Silver Street

Nicholl, Charles

Penguin USA（2009/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 416 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780143114628
• DDC分類 B

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2008 by Viking Press. A historical account of Shakespeare's participation in an 1612 court case involving an unpaid marriage down offers insight into the bard's obscure private life.

Full Description

In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence in a court case at Westminster-and it is the only occasion on which his actual spoken words were recorded. In The Lodger Shakespeare, Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating but little-known episode in the Bard's life. Drawing on evidence from a wide variety of sources, Nicholl creates a compellingly detailed account of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked amid the bustle of early seventeenth-century London. This elegant, often unexpected exploration presents a new and original look at Shakespeare as he was writing such masterpieces as Othello, Measure for Measure, and King Lear.