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‘Excellent ... a marvellous imagining of the life of Shakespeare's wife and a devastating exposure of the misogyny of the male biographers who have disparaged her’ - Sunday Telegraph
‘Greer dares to think the unthinkable ... this is a bold and imaginative book’ – Independent
'A spirited, voluble, scholarly book which gives some depth and some dignity to the marginalised Mrs Shakespeare' - Guardian
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AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4’S BOOK OF THE WEEK
Little is known of the wife of England's greatest playwright. In play after play Shakespeare presents the finding of a worthy wife as a triumphant denouement, yet scholars persist in believing that his own wife was resented and even hated by him.
Here Germaine Greer strives to re-embed the story of their marriage in its social context and presents new hypotheses about the life of the farmer's daughter who married our greatest poet. This is a daring, insightful book that asks new questions, opens new fields of investigation and research, and rights the wrongs done to Ann Shakespeare.
'A refreshing corrective to the usual portrait ... Greer is impressive when it comes to detailing their Stratford life and times ... It's robust, lively stuff' - The Times
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A biography of Ann Hathaway and a social history of Shakespeare's time by the redoubtable Germaine Greer
‘Greer dares to think the unthinkable ... this is a bold and imaginative book'
A biography of Ann Hathaway and a social history of Shakespeare's time by the redoubtable Germaine Greer
Shakespeare's Wife sold 8,000 copies in hardback and trade paperback, and will be a strong outdoor presence this autumn, with a major consumer campaign to ensure it hits the bestseller charts.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780747593003
Publisert
2008
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Vekt
330 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
416
Forfatter