Shakespeare and the Poet's Life
Download or Read eBook Shakespeare and the Poet's Life PDF written by Gary Schmidgall and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Gary Schmidgall |
| Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2014-10-17 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780813157252 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0813157250 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Shakespeare and the Poet's Life by : Gary Schmidgall
Book excerpt: Shakespeare and the Poet's Life explores a central biographical question: why did Shakespeare choose to cease writing sonnets and court-focused long poems like The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis and continue writing plays? Author Gary Schmidgall persuasively demonstrates the value of contemplating the professional reasons Shakespeare—or any poet of the time—ceased being an Elizabethan court poet and focused his efforts on drama and the Globe. Students of Shakespeare and of Renaissance poetry will find Schmidgall's approach and conclusions both challenging and illuminating.
