SHAKESPEARE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES

ShakespeareandhisContemporariesbyCharlesNichollWilliamShakespeareandhiscontemporarieshelpedcreatenotonlyanewkindoftheatrebutalsoanewformoflanguage.Inanageofreligiousandpoliticalwarfare,theyfoundexpressionforwhatitmeanstobehuman.YetalthoughShakespeare'slifeiswellresearched,thelivesofhisfriendsarelesswellknown.Inthisbook,CharlesNichollexplainsthatShakespearebelongedtoatalentedgroupofwriters,poetsanddramatists,includingBenJonson,ChristopherMarlowe,JohnDonneandSirWalterRalegh.Illustratedthroughoutwithportraits,engravingsandprinteddocuments,itdemonstrateshowElizabethansocietyvaluedliterarytalentaswellashowthesewriterssawthemselves.