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Shakespeare

Shakespeare

The Biography
Biography & MemoirHistory
Pages
560
Published
2005
Language
English

Synopsis

Peter Ackroyd, a literary biographer and historian, recreates the world that shaped William Shakespeare, bringing the playwright into vivid focus. He immerses readers in sixteenth-century Stratford and London, exploring the rural landscape and the competitive theater world that influenced Shakespeare's plays. Ackroyd presents Shakespeare as a businessman and a constant reviser of his work, combining intimate details with profound insights into the playwright and his creations.

Prose complexity
7/10

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InformativeIntellectualReflective

Genres

Biography & Memoir History Biography

About the author

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Peter Ackroyd

Peter Ackroyd is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William Blake, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards. He is noted for the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices and the depth of his research. He was elect...