Shakespeare's Wilderness

by David Rains Wallace

Shakespeare is often praised for his love and understanding of nature. Less has been written about how he acquired those qualities. Biographers assume they originated from a youth in the countryside around Stratford-on-Avon. Yet relatively few Shakespeare works are set in the settled English midlands. More are set in wild places: a French forest in "As You Like It," British heaths and moors in "Macbeth" and "King Lear," a Balkan seacoast in "The Winter's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1544280025
• ISBN13: 9781544280028
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"