{"product_id":"a-chapter-in-the-early-life-of-shakespeare-polesworth-in-arden-paperback-9781108005579","title":"A Chapter in the Early Life of Shakespeare; Polesworth in Arden (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108005579","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Chapter in the Early Life of Shakespeare\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePolesworth in Arden\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1926 book argues that  Shakespeare spent his formative years at Polesworth Hall in the Forest of Arden.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArthur Gray (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108005579, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e156 pages, 78 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 0.9 cm, 0.21 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this charming and thought-provoking 1926 volume, Arthur Gray, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1912 to 1940, explored the possibility that William Shakespeare spent his formative years at Polesworth Hall in the Forest of Arden, perhaps serving as a page boy. The Forest of Arden once stretched from just north of Stratford-upon-Avon to Tamworth, and covered what is now Birmingham; Polesworth, near Tamworth, was the home of Sir Henry Goodere and the centre of the famed 'Polesworth Circle'. This splendid focus of creative and cultural activity would have offered the young William exposure to the finest minds, a wonderful education and valuable introductions. Sir Henry, who evidently knew John Shakespeare in Stratford, was certainly patron of many young writers and musicians, including the eminent Elizabethan poet, Michael Drayton. If Gray is correct, Drayton would have been a contemporary of Shakespeare's at Polesworth.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The problem stated\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Marlowe fiction\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Greenwood theory\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Stratford legend\u003cbr\u003e 5. Does Shakespeare rail? 6. William Shakespeare, gentleman\u003cbr\u003e 7. Concerning genius\u003cbr\u003e 8. Stratford fact and fable\u003cbr\u003e 9. The flight to London\u003cbr\u003e 10. Shakespeare's silence about Stratford\u003cbr\u003e 11. Concerning Arden\u003cbr\u003e 12. Of poets, patronage and pages\u003cbr\u003e 13. What happened in 1572\u003cbr\u003e 14. Polesworth\u003cbr\u003e 15. Shakespeare in north Warwickshire\u003cbr\u003e 16. Shakespeare's road to London\u003cbr\u003e 17. Michael Drayton\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Polesworth circle\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Gooderes\u003cbr\u003e 20. The sonnets\u003cbr\u003e 21. Southampton\u003cbr\u003e 22. Warwickshire scenes in Shakespeare's youth\u003cbr\u003e 23. The last days.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002394562840,"sku":"9781108005579","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108005579i.jpg?v=1694867281","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-chapter-in-the-early-life-of-shakespeare-polesworth-in-arden-paperback-9781108005579","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}