Shakespeare and the poet's life / Gary Schmidgall
1990, First Edition. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #379648
ISBN: 0813117062
Physical description: 234 pages ; 24 cm. Illustrated. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title; Coyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Citations; Introduction; 1 ""Thou Thing Most Abhorred"": The Poet and His Muse; 2 ""Dedicated Words"": The Strategies of Front Matter; 3 Poet's Labors Lost: Patronage in Shakespeare; 4 ""Chameleon Muse"": The Poets Life in Shakespeares Courts; 5 ""Fearful Meditation"": The Young Man and the Poets Life; Epilogue: Statues and Breathers; Appendix: Exemplary Front Matter; Notes; Index. Subjects: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Authorship. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Contemporaries. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Relations with literary patrons.
Price: €12.95