In this stunning new biography, Jonathan Bate weaves an exhilarating tapestry of the Elizabethan beliefs and obsessions, private passions and political intrigues that shaped and informed Shakespeare's mind. In the midst of this extraordinary, colourful and often violent world, he traces Shakespeare's various incarnations: precocious grammar-school boy, thoughtful young lover, canny businessman, social climber, and caring father. Gradually, Shakespeare emerges in a portrait that is vivid, nuanced and completely fresh: a man who was both timelessly talented and, in the words of his friend and rival Ben Jonson, the very soul of the Elizabethan age.
- ISBN10 1400062063
- ISBN13 9781400062065
- Publish Date 20 April 2009 (first published 30 October 2008)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Random House (NY)
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 471
- Language English