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Elizabeth
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So excited!
“The book is intended as an intellectual biography of the man in the context of the mind-set into which he was born and out of which his works were created” (4).
Also about how Shakespeare is both a poet of his age and for all ages.
— Aug 31, 2026 01:21PM
“The book is intended as an intellectual biography of the man in the context of the mind-set into which he was born and out of which his works were created” (4).
Also about how Shakespeare is both a poet of his age and for all ages.
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Elizabeth
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Elizabethan geopolitics--how much of it did Shakespeare use in his plays? Surprisingly interesting but also sooo complex and new to me!
— 15 hours, 30 min ago
Elizabeth
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I love that there was a vogue in the 1590s for sonneteering. 😂
— Sep 20, 2026 02:48PM
Elizabeth
is on page 173 of 500
Fascinating this section about Shakespeare as businessman compared to his fellow playwrights. He was in the top 3 most financially successful because the Lord Chamberlain’s Men was a shared business enterprise, he seems to have been frugal himself, and he made shrewd investments. Reminds me of how concerned Trollope was with how much his novels made. He has a forebear in Shakespeare! Writers gotta live!
— Sep 17, 2026 03:16PM