Shakespeare and the Poet's Life

by Gary Schmidgall

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0813117062

ISBN13:9780813117065

Release Date:September 1990

Publisher:University Press of Kentucky

Length:248 Pages

Weight:1.27 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.7"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

16th Century Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Criticism & Theory Drama Education & Reference History & Criticism Literary Criticism

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