Shakespeare and the Poet's Life
Schmidgall, Gary.
Shakespeare and the Poet's Life - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (250 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Coyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Citations; Introduction; 1 ""Thou Thing Most Abhorred"": The Poet and His Muse; 2 ""Dedicated Words"": The Strategies of Front Matter; 3 Poet's Labors Lost: Patronage in Shakespeare; 4 ""Chameleon Muse"": The Poets Life in Shakespeares Courts; 5 ""Fearful Meditation"": The Young Man and the Poets Life; Epilogue: Statues and Breathers; Appendix: Exemplary Front Matter; Notes; Index.
Shakespeare and the Poet's Life explores a central biographical question: why did Shakespeare choose to cease writing sonnets and court-focused long poems like The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis and continue writing plays? Author Gary Schmidgall persuasively demonstrates the value of contemplating the professional reasons Shakespeare --
9780813157252
Authors and patrons--History--England--16th century.
Authors and patrons in literature.
Great Britain--Court and courtiers--History--16th century.
Literary patrons--Great Britain.
Literature and society--History--England--16th century.
Poets in literature.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Authorship.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Contemporaries.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Relations with literary patrons.
Authors and patrons--History--England--16th century.
Literature and society--History--England--16th century.
Literary patrons--Great Britain.
Authors and patrons in literature.
Poets in literature.
Electronic Books.
PR2957 / .S535 2015
Shakespeare and the Poet's Life - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (250 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Coyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Citations; Introduction; 1 ""Thou Thing Most Abhorred"": The Poet and His Muse; 2 ""Dedicated Words"": The Strategies of Front Matter; 3 Poet's Labors Lost: Patronage in Shakespeare; 4 ""Chameleon Muse"": The Poets Life in Shakespeares Courts; 5 ""Fearful Meditation"": The Young Man and the Poets Life; Epilogue: Statues and Breathers; Appendix: Exemplary Front Matter; Notes; Index.
Shakespeare and the Poet's Life explores a central biographical question: why did Shakespeare choose to cease writing sonnets and court-focused long poems like The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis and continue writing plays? Author Gary Schmidgall persuasively demonstrates the value of contemplating the professional reasons Shakespeare --
9780813157252
Authors and patrons--History--England--16th century.
Authors and patrons in literature.
Great Britain--Court and courtiers--History--16th century.
Literary patrons--Great Britain.
Literature and society--History--England--16th century.
Poets in literature.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Authorship.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Contemporaries.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Relations with literary patrons.
Authors and patrons--History--England--16th century.
Literature and society--History--England--16th century.
Literary patrons--Great Britain.
Authors and patrons in literature.
Poets in literature.
Electronic Books.
PR2957 / .S535 2015