{"product_id":"what-was-shakespeare-really-like-hardback-9781009340373","title":"What Was Shakespeare Really Like? (Hardback) 9781009340373","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhat Was Shakespeare Really Like?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow did Shakespeare think and feel? This is an authoritative, provocative reflection on the personality behind the plays and poems.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStanley Wells (Author), Stephen Fry (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009340373, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 September 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e130 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.5 x 13.6 x 1.3 cm, 0.31 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Inherently interesting, insightful, absorbing, eloquent, thoughtful and thought-provoking, [this book] is an unreservedly recommended pick for personal, professional, community, and college\/university library biography collections and supplemental William Shakespeare curriculum studies lists.' James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSir Stanley Wells is one of the world's greatest authorities on William Shakespeare. Here he brings a lifetime of learning and reflection to bear on some of the most tantalising questions about the poet and dramatist that there are. How did he think, feel, and work? What were his relationships like? What did he believe about death? What made him laugh? This freshly thought and immensely engaging study wrestles with fundamental debates concerning Shakespeare's personality and life. The mysteries of how Shakespeare lived, whom and how he loved, how he worked, how he produced some of the greatest and most abidingly popular works in the history of world literature and drama, have fascinated readers for centuries. This concise, crystalline book conjures illuminating insights to reveal Shakespeare as he was. Wells brings the writer and dramatist alive, in all his fascinating humanity, for readers of today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword Stephen Fry\u003cbr\u003e 1. What Manner of Man Was He?\u003cbr\u003e 2. How Did Shakespeare Write a Play?\u003cbr\u003e 3. What Do the Sonnets Tell Us about Their Author?\u003cbr\u003e 4. What Made Shakespeare Laugh?\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Eight Decades with Shakespeare.\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":"Brand New","offer_id":52453576376600,"sku":"9781009340373","price":11.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009340373i.jpg?v=1785286971","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/what-was-shakespeare-really-like-hardback-9781009340373","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}