by Stephen Greenblatt · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782081329881
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A fascinating biography of William Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt, exploring how the playwright transformed his life into an incredible success story. The book confronts Shakespeare's work with the history of the 16th century Elizabethan era and the most recent discoveries, revealing the world in which the playwright grew up, the rites, traditions, and sensory and emotional experiences that shaped his imagination. Greenblatt, renowned for his ability to narrate the history of the Renaissance, presents us with an England torn apart by religious persecutions and in transition to modern times.
Stephen Jay Greenblatt is an American literary historian and author. He has served as the John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University since 2000. Greenblatt is the general editor of The Norton Shakespeare (2015) and the general editor and a contributor to The Norton Anthology of English Literature.
