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Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

内容简介

StephenGreenblatt,thecharismaticHarvardprofessorwho"knowsmoreaboutShakespearethanBenJonsonortheDarkLadydid"(JohnLeonard,Harper's),haswrittenabiographythatenablesustosee,hear,andfeelhowanacutelysensitiveandtalentedboy,surroundedbytherichtapestryofElizabethanlife;fullofdramaandpageantry,andalsocrueltyanddanger;couldhavebecometheworld'sgreatestplaywright.Ayoungmanfromtheprovincesamanwithoutwealth,connections,oruniversityeducationmovestoLondon.Inaremarkablyshorttimehebecomesthegreatestplaywrightnotjustofhisagebutofalltime.Hisworksappealtourbansophisticatesandfirst-timetheatergoers;heturnspoliticsintopoetry;herecklesslyminglesvulgarclowningandphilosophicalsubtlety.Howissuchanachievementtobeexplained?WillintheWorldinterweavesasearchingaccountofElizabethanEnglandwithavividnarrativeoftheplaywright'slife.WeseeShakespearelearninghiscraft,startingafamily,andforgingacareerforhimselfinthewildlycompetitiveLondontheaterworld,whileatthesametimegrapplingwithdangerousreligiousandpoliticalforcesthattookless-agilefigurestothescaffold.Aboveall,weneverlosesightofthegreatworksAMidsummerNight'sDream,RomeoandJuliet,Hamlet,Macbeth,andmorethatcontinueafterfourhundredyearstodelightandhauntaudienceseverywhere.ThebasicbiographicalfactsofShakespeare'slifehavebeenknownforoveracentury,butnowStephenGreenblattshowshowthisparticularlifehistorygaverisetotheworld'sgreatestwriter.Bringingtogetherlittle-knownhistoricalfactsandlittle-noticedelementsofShakespeare'splays,Greenblattmakesinspiredconnectionsbetweenthelifeandtheworksanddeliver"adazzlingandsubtlebiography"(RichardLacayo,Time).ReaderswillexperienceShakespeare'svitalplaysagainasifforthefirsttime,butwithgreaterunderstandingandappreciationoftheirextraordinarydepthandhumanity.ABestBookoftheYearTheNewYorkTimes10BestBooksof2004;Timemagazine's#1BestNonfictionBook;AWashingtonPostBookWorldRave;AnEconomistBestBook;ASanFranciscoChronicleBestBook;AChristianScienceMonitorBestBook;AChicagoTribuneBestBook;APittsburghPost-GazetteBestBook;NPR'sMaureenCorrigan'sBest.

作者简介

StephenGreenblattistheJohnCoganUniversityProfessoroftheHumanitiesatHarvardUniversityandisthefounderoftheschoolofliterarycriticismknownasNewHistoricism.AsvisitingprofessorandlectureratuniversitiesinEngland,Australia,theUnitedStatesandelsewherethroughouttheworld,hehasdeliveredsuchdistinguishedseriesoflecturesastheClarendonLecturesatOxfordandtheUniversityPublicLecturesatPrinceton.HehasreceivedtwoGuggenheimFellowshipsandhasbeenPresidentoftheModernLanguageAssociation.ProfessorGreenblattistheauthorandco-authorofninebooksandtheeditoroftenothers,includingTheNortonAnthologyofEnglishLiterature(7thedition)andTheNortonShakespeare.(20040922)--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.

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