Haden kuo biography of william shakespeare

William Shakespeare
by
Andrew Hadfield, Amy Kenny
  • LAST REVIEWED: 27 November 2013
  • LAST MODIFIED: 27 November 2013
  • DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199846719-0085

  • Ackroyd, Peter.

    Shakespeare: The Biography. New York: Nan A. Talese, 2005.

    A biography that is keen to show a close relationship between the life and the works and that Shakespeare’s art was rooted in his life experience, suggesting that we can read what he wrote autobiographically.

  • Bate, Jonathan.

    William Shakespeare | Plays, Poems, Biography, Quotes ...

    Soul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare. New York: Random House, 2009.

    Explores Shakespeare’s life through the Elizabethan philosophy of the seven ages of man, based on Jacques’s speech in As You Like It, providing historical information about 16th-century life for each of the seven stages.

  • Bevington, David.

    Shakespeare and Biography.

    William Shakespeare Biography: Life, Works, and Legacy.

    Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.

    A useful resource for those interested in the history of Shakespearean biogr Amazon.com: William Shakespeare Biography : Unveiling the ... MAQIV