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A year in the life of William Shakespeare, 1599, James Shapiro

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Summary
An intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year--1599--that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature. How was Shakespeare transformed from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this one exhilarating year we follow what he reads and writes, what he sees, and whom he works with as he invests in the new Globe Theatre and creates four of his most famous plays--Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet. Shapiro illuminates both Shakespeare's staggering achievement and what Elizabethans experienced in the course of 1599: sending off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathering an Armada threat from Spain, gambling on the fledgling East India Company, and waiting to see who would succeed their aging and childless queen.--From publisher description
Language
eng
Work
Extent
xix, 394 pages, [8] pages of plates
Note
Insights, interviews & more: 16 pages
Contents
  • Winter
  • A battle of wills
  • A great blow in Ireland
  • Burial at Westminster
  • A sermon at Richmond
  • Band of brothers
  • Spring
  • The globe rises
  • Book burning
  • Is this a holiday?
  • Summer
  • The invisible Armada
  • The passionate pilgrim
  • Simple truth suppressed
  • The forest of Arden
  • Autumn
  • Things dying, things newborn
  • Essays and soliloquies
  • Second thoughts
Isbn
9780060088743
Instance
Label
A year in the life of William Shakespeare, 1599
Title
A year in the life of William Shakespeare, 1599
Statement of responsibility
James Shapiro
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
An intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year--1599--that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature. How was Shakespeare transformed from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this one exhilarating year we follow what he reads and writes, what he sees, and whom he works with as he invests in the new Globe Theatre and creates four of his most famous plays--Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet. Shapiro illuminates both Shakespeare's staggering achievement and what Elizabethans experienced in the course of 1599: sending off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathering an Armada threat from Spain, gambling on the fledgling East India Company, and waiting to see who would succeed their aging and childless queen.--From publisher description
Awards note
Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction, 2006.
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1955-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Shapiro, James
Dewey number
822.3
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Dramatists, English
  • Theater
  • Southwark (London, England)
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Globe Theatre (London, England : 1599-1644)
Label
A year in the life of William Shakespeare, 1599, James Shapiro
Instantiates
Note
Insights, interviews & more: 16 pages
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-376) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Winter -- A battle of wills -- A great blow in Ireland -- Burial at Westminster -- A sermon at Richmond -- Band of brothers -- Spring -- The globe rises -- Book burning -- Is this a holiday? -- Summer -- The invisible Armada -- The passionate pilgrim -- Simple truth suppressed -- The forest of Arden -- Autumn -- Things dying, things newborn -- Essays and soliloquies -- Second thoughts
Control code
ocm58468350
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
xix, 394 pages, [8] pages of plates
Isbn
9780060088743
Lccn
2005043342
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)58468350
Label
A year in the life of William Shakespeare, 1599, James Shapiro
Note
Insights, interviews & more: 16 pages
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-376) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Winter -- A battle of wills -- A great blow in Ireland -- Burial at Westminster -- A sermon at Richmond -- Band of brothers -- Spring -- The globe rises -- Book burning -- Is this a holiday? -- Summer -- The invisible Armada -- The passionate pilgrim -- Simple truth suppressed -- The forest of Arden -- Autumn -- Things dying, things newborn -- Essays and soliloquies -- Second thoughts
Control code
ocm58468350
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
xix, 394 pages, [8] pages of plates
Isbn
9780060088743
Lccn
2005043342
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)58468350

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