The Genius of Shakespeare

Bate (Jonathan); Introduction By Simon Callow

ISBN 10: 1509822542 / ISBN 13: 9781509822546

Published by Picador Classic, London, 2016

About this Item

xxii, 406pp, 2pp publisher information, illustrated with black & white plates, small dent to fore edge with slight loss to a couple of pages, paperback, crease to base of spine. Size: 7.75 X 5 Inches.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Genius of Shakespeare
• Publisher: Picador Classic, London
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1509822542
• ISBN 13: 9781509822546
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition Thus.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Published
• Book Type: Shakespeare

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Synopsis

With an introduction by Simon Callow

Judgements about the quality of works of art begin in opinion. But for the last two hundred years only the wilfully perverse (and Tolstoy) have denied the validity of the opinion that Shakespeare was a genius.

Who was Shakespeare? Why has his writing endured? And what makes it so endlessly adaptable to different times and cultures? Exploring Shakespeare's life, including questions of authorship and autobiography, and charting how his legacy has grown over the centuries, this extraordinary book asks how Shakespeare has come to be such a powerful symbol of genius.

Written with lively passion and wit, The Genius of Shakespeare is a fascinating biography of the life - and afterlife - of our greatest poet. Jonathan Bate, one of the world's leading Shakespearean scholars, has shown how the legend of Shakespeare's genius was created and sustained, and how the man himself became a truly global phenomenon.

'The best modern book on Shakespeare' Sir Peter Hall

About the Author

Jonathan Bate is Professor of English Literature in the University of Oxford and on the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is the editor of the highly acclaimed RSC Shakespeare: Complete Works (Macmillan) and the author of many books, including John Clare: A Biography (Picador), which was short-listed for seven prizes and won Britain’s two oldest literary awards, the Hawthornden Prize and the James Tait Black Prize. Professor Bate has lectured on Shakespeare throughout the world and has held visiting posts at Harvard, Yale and the University of California. He was made CBE in the Queen’s 80th birthday honours, for his services to literature and higher education.