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Shakespeare

Stanley W. Wells

197854 pagesabout 1 hour
1978
first published
  • 1978Longman for the British Council · 104 pages · ENGISBN 9780582012752
  • 1979Coles · 213 pages · ENG
  • 1994Sinclair-Stevenson · 403 pages · ENGISBN 9781856194235
  • 1997Methuen · 411 pages · ENGISBN 9780413710000
  • 2003Oxford University Press · 442 pages · ENGISBN 9780195160932
  • 1989The British Council (English Language publications · 54 pages · ENGISBN 9780863550799
  • 2002Macmillan · 320 pages · ENGISBN 9780333904992

The first part of this work is an evocative biographical sketch, scotching many myths and fleshing out the meagre facts into a rounded portrait of the man. Wells then turns his attention to the plays themselves and, finally, he discusses Shakespeare's critical legacy both here and abroad.

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