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Will in the World by Stephen Greenblatt
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Will in the World

Paperback – September 17, 2005

Stephen Greenblatt

WW Norton · 2035-01-01

Will in the World: Paperback – September 17, 2005

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  • Good for readers who enjoy Biography & Memoir
  • Good for readers interested in biography
  • Good for fans of Biography

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  • Themes: Biography, History, Fiction.
  • Reading lane: Biography & Memoir.
  • Publisher: WW Norton.

About This Book

A young man from a small provincial town moves to London in the late 1580s and, in a remarkably short time, becomes the greatest playwright not of his age alone but of all time. How is an achievement of this magnitude to be explained? How did Shakespeare become Shakespeare? Stephen Greenblatt brings us down to earth to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented boy, surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life, could have become the world's greatest pla...

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A young man from a small provincial town moves to London in the late 1580s and, in a remarkably short time, becomes the greatest playwright not of his age alone but of all time. How is an achievement of this magnitude to be explained? How did Shakespeare become Shakespeare? Stephen Greenblatt brings us down to earth to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented boy, surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life, could have become the world's greatest playwright. A Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Finalist.