The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street

作者 Charles Nicholl著
出版社 Penguin
出版时间 2008年7月
ISBN 9780141023748
定价 147.00

内容简介

In1612,ShakespearegaveevidenceattheCourtofRequestsinWestminster-itistheonlyoccasionhisspokenwordsarerecorded.Thecaseseemsroutine-adisputeoveranunpaidmarriage-dowry-butitopensupanunexpectedwindowintothedramatist'sfamouslyobscurelife-story.CharlesNichollappliesapowerfulbiographicalmagnifyingglasstothisfascinatingepisodeinShakespeare'slife.Marshallingevidencefromawidevarietyofsources,includingpreviouslyunknowndocumentarymaterialontheMountjoys,heconjuresupadetailedandcompellingdescriptionofthecircumstancesinwhichShakespearelivedandworked,andinwhichhewrotesuchplaysas"Othello","MeasureforMeasure"and"KingLear".

作者简介

CharlesNichollisahistorian,biographerandtravelwriter.HisbooksincludeTheReckoning(winneroftheJamesTaitBlackprizeforbiographyandtheCrimeWriters'Association'GoldDagger'awardfornon-fiction),ACupofNews:thelifeofThomasNashe,Shakespeareandhiscontemporaries(NaturalPortraitGalleryinsightsseries)andSomebodyElse:ArthurRimbaudinAfrica(winneroftheHawthorndenPrize).Hismostrecentbookwastheacclaimedbiography,LeonardodaVinci:TheFlightsoftheMind,whichhasbeenpublishedin17languages.HeisaFellowoftheRoyalSocietyofLiteratureandhaslecturedinBritain,ItalyandtheUnitedStates.

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