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Will in the World：How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

内容简介

ThetheatreforwhichShakespearewroteandactedwasacut-throatcommercialentertainmentindustry.Yethisplayswerealsointenselyalerttothesocialandpoliticalrealitiesoftheirtimes.Shakespearehadtomakeconcessionstothecommercialworld,forthetheatrecompanyinwhichhewasashareholderhadtodrawsome1,500to2,000payingcustomersadayintotheroundwoodenwallsoftheplayhousetostayafloatandcompetitionfromrivalcompanieswasfierce.Thekeywasnotsomuchtopicality-withgovernmentcensorshipandwithrepertorycompaniesrecyclingthesamescriptsforyears.Instead,Shakespearehadtoengagewiththedeepestdesiresandfearsofhisaudience.WillintheWorldisaboutanamazingsuccessstorythathasresistedexplanation:itaimstobethefirstfullysatisfyingaccountofShakespeare'scharacterandtheblossomingofhistalent.Therehave,ofcourse,beenmanybiographiesofShakespeare.Theproblemeachonefacesisthethinamountofmaterialsurroundinghislife.Theyleadusthroughtheavailabletracesbutleaveusnoclosertounderstandinghowtheplaywright'sastonishingachievementscameabout.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.

作者简介

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

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