The Life and Times of William Shakespeare
by Peter Levi
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0333435842
- ISBN 13
- 9780333435847
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan. Very Good/Very Good. 1988. Hard Cover. 8vo 0333435842 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 400 pages clean and tight.Dimensions: 21 x 3 x 29.7 cm, In this attempt to provide the first complete biography of Shakespeare since the Victorian age, the author follows the course of Shakespeare's life from his birth in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, through his schooldays and his early years as an actor and novice writer in London, to the height of his fame as the foremost playwright in the Elizabethan theatre and the end of his life in 1616. Professor Levi places the plays in Shakespeare's life as it progresses, relating them one to another and to the poet's experiences in life. He places Shakespeare against the background of the Elizabethan theatre, showing his as a working man of the stage, in touch with the taste and .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142436
- Title
- The Life and Times of William Shakespeare
- Author
- Peter Levi
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0333435842
- ISBN 13
- 9780333435847
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
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