Shakespeare: the 'Lost Years'
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1998
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2nd edition
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7190-5425-9 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7190-5425-9 (ISBN)
Throws light on the problem of what Shakespeare was doing between leaving school and appearing as an actor and playwright in London. -- .
This literary detective story throws light on the problem of what Shakespeare was doing between leaving school and appearing as an actor and playwright in London. Bringing forward historic and documentary evidence, this text argues that Shakespeare worked as a schoolmaster and player for a wealthy Catholic landowner in Lancashire and later for the Earl of Derby. One of the book's conclusions is that Shakespeare was probably a Roman Catholic. Step by step, this story of patronage, recusancy and aspiring talent is pursued through complex family relationships. -- .
This literary detective story throws light on the problem of what Shakespeare was doing between leaving school and appearing as an actor and playwright in London. Bringing forward historic and documentary evidence, this text argues that Shakespeare worked as a schoolmaster and player for a wealthy Catholic landowner in Lancashire and later for the Earl of Derby. One of the book's conclusions is that Shakespeare was probably a Roman Catholic. Step by step, this story of patronage, recusancy and aspiring talent is pursued through complex family relationships. -- .
E. A. J. Honigmann was, until his retirement, Joseph Cowen Professor of English Literature at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne -- .
Introduction
Hoghton of Hoghton Tower
Sir Thomas Hesketh of Rufford
John Cotton of Tarnacre
John Weever and the Hoghtons
Shakespeare and Lord Strange's men
The Shakespeare epitaphs and the Stanleys
Thomas Savage of Rufford
The phoenix and the turtle
Shakespeare's religion
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Index -- .
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.12.1998 |
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Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, black & white |
Verlagsort | Manchester |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 263 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7190-5425-7 / 0719054257 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7190-5425-9 / 9780719054259 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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