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. Does this mean that Shakespeare was not valued or understood until after 1800? This book focuses on a critical absence in the unfolding of Shakespeare's story.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author(s): Margreta (Emerita Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Professor of the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania) de Grazia