Shakespeare: Upstart Crow to Sweet Swan: 1592-1623 by Prof Katherine Duncan-Jone

Description: Shakespeare: Upstart Crow to Sweet Swan by Prof Katherine Duncan-Jones, Katherine Duncan-Jones In modern life we are all too familiar with ideas of image and celebrity. This highly original study investigates the early evolution of Shakespeares public image, or reputation, as a man, an actor and a poet, both from his own viewpoint and from that of his contemporaries. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description An original and provocative study of the evolution of Shakespeares image, building on the success of Duncan-Jones acclaimed biography, Shakespeare: An Ungentle Life. Taking a broadly chronological approach, she investigates Shakespeares changing reputation, as a man, an actor and a poet, both from his own viewpoint and from that of his contemporaries. Many different categories of material are explored, including printed books, manuscripts, literary and non-literary sources. Rather than a biography, the book is an exploration with biographical elements. The change in public opinion in Shakespeares time is quite startling: Henry Chettle attacked him as an upstart Crow in 1592, an attack from which Shakespeare sought to defend himself; and yet by the time of the First Folio in 1623 he had become the Sweet Swan of Avon! and was fast becoming the national treasure he remains today. This engaging and fascinating study brings the politics and fashions of Shakespeares literary and theatrical world vividly to life. Notes In modern life we are all too familiar with ideas of image and celebrity. This highly original study investigates the early evolution of Shakespeares public image, or reputation, as a man, an actor and a poet, both from his own viewpoint and from that of his contemporaries. Author Biography Katherine Duncan-Jones is an internationally respected Shakespeare scholar, author of the critically acclaimed biography Shakespeare: An Ungentle Life, editor of the Arden Shakespeare edition of Shakespeares Sonnets and co-editor of the Arden Shakespeares Poems. She is a Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford Review Katherine Duncan-Jones...has given much energy and expertise over the years to showing that it was the other, less lyrical, shrewd-headed Shakespeare we glimpse in county archives and Chancery documents who secured the success and eventual apotheosis of Gentle Shakespeare, the poet commemorated by a fine folio edition of his works in 1623. Duncan-Jones Shakespeare is Shakespeare the survivor, the tradesmans son with no university credentials and no connections in high places...This new book is valuable for its revaluation of previous material (from Ungentle Shakespeare) its greater conciseness and its updated research...(which) allows Duncan-Jones to drawn the line she sees in Shakespeares life more sharply......Her writing is immersed in close textual detail, yet there is still a strong, overriding sense of Shakespeares presence in his various milieus...(Duncan-Jones has) an astute touch. * John Stubbs, Literary Review *Shakespeare, in this analysis, is characterised as someone who had to assert his own position amid a fiercely hierarchical society...Duncan-Jones demonstrates that Shakespearean self-promotion was as much literary as social. * Peter J Smith, Times Higher Education Supplement *This learned, readable and often entertaining book informs, challenges and stimulates in equal measure. -- Paul Dean, Summer Fields, Oxford * English Studies * Promotional In modern life we are all too familiar with ideas of image and celebrity. This highly original study investigates the early evolution of Shakespeares public image, or reputation, as a man, an actor and a poet, both from his own viewpoint and from that of his contemporaries. Long Description Taking a broadly chronological approach, she investigates Shakespeares changing reputation, as a man, an actor and a poet, both from his own viewpoint and from that of his contemporaries. Many different categories of material are explored, including printed books, manuscripts, literary and non-literary sources. Rather than a biography, the book is an exploration with biographical elements. The change in public opinion in Shakespeares time is quite startling: Henry Chettle attacked him as an upstart Crow in 1592, an attack from which Shakespeare sought to defend himself; and yet by the time of the First Folio in 1623 he had become the Sweet Swan of Avon! and was fast becoming the national treasure he remains today...This engaging and fascinating study brings the politics and fashions of Shakespeares literary and theatrical world vividly to life. Review Quote This learned, readable and often entertaining book informs, challenges and stimulates in equal measure. Promotional "Headline" In modern life we are all too familiar with ideas of image and celebrity. This highly original study investigates the early evolution of Shakespeares public image, or reputation, as a man, an actor and a poet, both from his own viewpoint and from that of his contemporaries. Feature An original book by a leading Shakespeare scholar Details ISBN1408130149 Year 2011 ISBN-10 1408130149 ISBN-13 9781408130148 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Arden Shakespeare Library Pages 320 Place of Publication London DEWEY 822.33 Illustrations 6 b/w in-text Subtitle 1592-1623 Country of Publication United Kingdom Short Title SHAKESPEARE UPSTART CROW TO SW Language English Imprint The Arden Shakespeare UK Release Date 2011-03-03 NZ Release Date 2011-03-03 Author Katherine Duncan-Jones Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publication Date 2011-03-03 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2011-05-11 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:50764315;

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