Shakespeare : A Life: A Life (Google eBook)

Park Honan

Oxford University Press, Oct 29, 1998 - Biography & Autobiography - 480 pages

In the most complete, accurate, and up-to-date narrative of Shakespeare's life ever written, Park Honan uses a wealth of fresh information to dramatically alter our perceptions of the actor, poet, and playwright. The young poet's relationships, his early courtship of Anne Hathaway, their marriage, his attitudes to women such as Jennet Davenant, Marie Mountjoy, and his own daughters, are seen in a new light, illuminating Shakespeare's needs, habits, passions and concerns. Park Honan examines the world of the playing companies -- the power of patronage, theatrical conditions, and personal rivalries -- to reveal the relationship between the man and the writing, and using previously unpublished material explores the causes of Shakespeare's success; Stratford childhood, his parents' capabilities, and his preparations for a London career. Shakespeare: A Life casts new light on the complexity and fascination of Shakespeare's life and his extraordinary development as an artist.

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User Review  - Kiof - Goodreads

In the admittedly strange world of Shakespeare biography, the only writer worth his salt is Park Honan (I might add Duncan Jones to the list, but I don't think Ungentle Shakespeare is a biography, per ...

Review: Shakespeare: A Life

User Review  - Tom Delise - Goodreads

Excellent biography.

Contents

• V: 1
• VI: 9
• VII: 23
• VIII: 41
• IX: 58
• X: 70
• XII: 91
• XIV: 93
• XV: 118
• XVI: 143
• XVIII: 167
• XX: 194
• XXI: 223
• XXII: 247
• XXIV: 249
• XXVI: 272
• XXIX: 293
• XXX: 316
• XXXIII: 349
• XXXIV: 351
• XXXV: 380
• XXXVII: 410
• XXXVIII: 413
• XLI: 423
• XLII: 449

About the author

Park Honan is Emeritus Professor at the School of English, University of Leeds. He has written biographies of Jane Austen, Matthew Arnold, and Robert Browning, and lives in the United Kingdom.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Shakespeare : A Life: A Life
• Author: Park Honan
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998
• ISBN: 0199774757, 9780199774753
• Length: 480 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; Biography & Autobiography / Literary; History / Europe / Great Britain; Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism