Schmidgall, Gary. <br/><br/>
Shakespeare and the Poet's Life 

 - Lexington :  The University Press of Kentucky,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource (250 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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 -- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813157252 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authors and patrons--History--England--16th century.<br/>Authors and patrons in literature.<br/>Great Britain--Court and courtiers--History--16th century.<br/>Literary patrons--Great Britain.<br/>Literature and society--History--England--16th century.<br/>Poets in literature.<br/>Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Authorship.<br/>Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Contemporaries.<br/>Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Relations with literary patrons.<br/>Authors and patrons--History--England--16th century.<br/>Literature and society--History--England--16th century.<br/>Literary patrons--Great Britain.<br/>Authors and patrons in literature.<br/>Poets in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR2957  / .S535 2015