William Shakespeare

by William Baker

This volume in the Writers Lives series offers a reassessment of Shakespeare and his creative output from his earliest work through his 'mature' drama and the late plays, taking into account our current knowledge of Shakespeare's biography and consensus on key textual, critical and theatrical issues.
William Baker offers a comprehensive but accessible introduction to Shakespeare's work and places it in the contexts of what is known of his life and activities. Avoiding speculation of a biographical, critical or textual nature, he focuses instead on an account of what is known of Shakespeare and his achievement at the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century.

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2009

About the author

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William Baker lives on the West Coast with his wife, son, and their two cats, Tiger and Panther. An avid reader across genres, he gravitates toward mystery and thrillers. Writing from childhood onward, he later trained as an economist, but storytelling endured, eventually drawing him back to writing for good.

Reviews

[Tim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not sure who it's aimed at. Covers the whole life, all the plays, poems, collaborators, what-not - inevitably all too fleetingly to be of much use to anyone excelpt maybe a schoolkid cramming for exams? Yeah, might be handy for them.