Shakespeare : the biography / Peter Ackroyd.

Shakespeare : the biography / Peter Ackroyd.

First edition.

0385511396

New York : Nan A. Talese, [2005]

©2005

English

xvi, 572 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm

9780385511391

PR2894 .A26 2005

822.3/3 B

Biographer and novelist Ackroyd brings William Shakespeare to life in the manner of a contemporary rather than a biographer. His method is to position the playwright in the context of his world, exploring everything from Stratford's humble town to its fields of wildflowers; discerning influences on the plays from unexpected quarters; and entering London with the playwright as modern theatre, as we know it, is just beginning to emerge. Writing as though we are observing Shakespeare and his circle of friends, patrons, managers, and fellow actors and writers, Ackroyd is able to see Shakespeare's genius from within, so we feel that Ackroyd the writer merges with Shakespeare the writer, the poet, the man; and thus with great sympathy and clarity we experience the way in which Shakespeare worked.--From publisher description.

Originally published: Great Britain : Chatto & Windus, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-548) and index.

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