Shakespeare's Life and Art Revised Edition Contributor(s): Alexander, Peter (Author), Unknown (Author) |
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ISBN: 031320666X ISBN-13: 9780313206665 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1979 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Literary Criticism | Drama |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.12 lbs) 254 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Through historical and bibliographical research, and through analysis of Shakespeare's work, the author places Shakespeare among the supreme artists of the world. In the first two chapters he examines the facts about Shakespeare's career as a dramatist and summarizes the unfavorable judgments created by his early biographers. In subsequent chapters Professor Alexander establishes an order among the plays that reveals a gradual development of Shakespeare's art. |