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Shakespeare Without a Life (Oxford Wells Shakespeare Lectures) by Margreta de Grazia is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Shakespeare Without a Life (Oxford Wells Shakespeare Lectures) about?
For almost two centuries, Shakespeare had no biography. Neither did his life have a timeline, and historians and archivists did not have the materials to make one. His canon did not include the Sonnets, his only work written in the first person. In sum, the cornerstones of modern Shakespeare criticism were simply not there. Does this mean that Shakespeare was not valued or understood until after 1800? Each of these essays will focus on one of those critical absences. Margreta de Grazia explores
Who reads Shakespeare Without a Life (Oxford Wells Shakespeare Lectures)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Margreta de Grazia
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780198812548
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Memoir, Literary Fiction, Poetry
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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