Will in the World audiobook CD

Resumen del libro

A young man from the provinces--a man without wealth, connections or university education--moves to London. In a remarkably short time he becomes the greatest playwright not just of his age, but of all time. His works appeal to urban sophisticates and first-time theatergoers; he turns politics into poetry; he recklessly mingles vulgar downing and philosophical subtlety. How is such an achievement to be explained? Will in the World interweaves a searching account of Elizabethan England with a vivid narrative of the playwright's life. We see Shakespeare learning his craft, starting a family, and forging a career for himself in the wildy competitive London theater world, while at the same time grappling with dangerous religious and political forces that took less-agile figures to the scaffold. Above all, we never lose sight of the great works--A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and more--that continue after 400 years to delight and haunt audiences everywhere. The basic biographical facts of Shakespear's life have been known for over a century, but now Stephen Greenblatt shows how this particular life history gave rise to the world's greatest writer.

Biografía del autor

STEPHEN GREENBLATT es John Cogan University Professor de Humanidades, uno de los títulos más distinguidos de la Universidad de Harvard. Es autor de varios libros, entre los que destacan El giro, con el que obtuvo el Premio Pulitzer y el National Book Award, El espejo de un hombre: vida, obra y época de William Shakespeare, o Ascenso y caída de Adán y Eva. Es además editor general de The Norton Shakespeare.