The Life of William Shakespeare: A Critical Biography

The life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare’s life and works focusing on often neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing.* Written by an eminent Shakespearean scholar and experienced theatre reviewer* Pays particular attention to Shakespeare’s theatrical contemporaries and the ways in which they influenced his writing* Offers an intriguing account of the life and work of the great poet-dramatist, structured around the idea of memory