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Author:

Bate, Jonathan.

Title:

Soul of the age : a biography of the mind of William Shakespeare / Jonathan Bate.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xix, 471 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.
Dramatists, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography.
England--Civilization--16th century.
England--Civilization--17th century.
England--Intellectual life--16th century.
England--Intellectual life--17th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-455) and index.

Contents:

Stratford 1564 -- The discovery of England -- The boy from the Greenwood -- Old world, new man? -- Stratford grammar -- After Palingenius -- Continuing education : the art of translation -- The school of Prospero -- Shakespeare's small library -- The married man -- Before the bawdy court -- The perplexities of love -- The famous victory of Queen Elizabeth -- Essex man? : A political tragedy in five acts -- The clash of civilizations -- Shakespeare and Jacobean geopolitics -- At Clement's Inn -- After Machiavelli -- The king's man -- The myth of Shakespeare's retirement -- The principal comedians -- The foolosopher -- The readiness is all -- Shakespeare the epicurean -- Exit and reentrance.

Summary:

Bate's Soul of the Age tells the story of the great dramatist while deducing the crucial events of Shakespeare's life, connecting those events to his world and work as never before, and revealing how this unsurpassed artist came to be.

ISBN:

1400062063 (alk. paper)
9781400062065

OCLC:

(OCoLC)223107792

LCCN:

2008016561

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

WFPC115 -- Newell Public Library (Newell)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)