Shakespeare Without a Life

by Margreta de Grazia

A fascinating account of how Shakespeare's works were understood and valued by readers and writers from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, before Shakespeare's biography came to dominate readings of his plays and poetry.

For almost two centuries after his death, Shakespeare had no biography. The makings of one were not available. No chronology had been devised by which to coordinate the events in his life with the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019881254X
• ISBN13: 9780198812548
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.6"