Shakespeare and the Poet's Life.
Schmidgall, Gary.
Shakespeare and the Poet's Life. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015. - 1 online resource (250 pages)
Cover; Half-title; Title; Coyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Citations; Introduction; 1 ""Thou Thing Most Abhorred"": The Poet and His Muse; 2 ""Dedicated Words"": The Strategies of Front Matter; 3 Poet's Labors Lost: Patronage in Shakespeare; 4 ""Chameleon Muse"": The Poets Life in Shakespeares Courts; 5 ""Fearful Meditation"": The Young Man and the Poets Life; Epilogue: Statues and Breathers; Appendix: Exemplary Front Matter; Notes; Index.
Shakespeare and the Poet's Life explores a central biographical question: why did Shakespeare choose to cease writing sonnets and court-focused long poems like The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis and continue writing plays? Author Gary Schmidgall persuasively demonstrates the value of contemplating the professional reasons Shakespeare -- or any poet of the time -- ceased being an Elizabethan court poet and focused his efforts on drama and the Globe. Students of Shakespeare and of Renaissance poetry will find Schmidgall's approach and conclusions both challenging and illuminating.
English.
9780813157252 (electronic bk.) 0813157250 (electronic bk.) 1322598304 9781322598307 0813117062 9780813117065
22573/ctt129bqjn JSTOR
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Authorship.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Contemporaries.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Relations with literary patrons.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
1500-1599
Authors and patrons--History--England--16th century.
Literature and society--History--England--16th century.
Poets, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography.
Literary patrons--Great Britain.
Authors and patrons in literature.
Poets in literature.
Écrivains et mécènes--Histoire--Angleterre--16e siècle.
Littérature et société--Histoire--Angleterre--16e siècle.
Mécènes de la littérature--Grande-Bretagne.
Écrivains et mécènes dans la littérature.
Poètes dans la littérature.
DRAMA--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
DRAMA--Shakespeare.
Authors and patrons.
Authors and patrons in literature.
Authorship.
Contemporaries.
Courts and courtiers.
Literary patrons.
Literature and society.
Poets, English--Early modern--Biography.
Poets in literature.
Relations with literary patrons.
Great Britain--Court and courtiers--History--16th century.
England.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
PR2957 .S34 2015
822.3 822.33
Shakespeare and the Poet's Life. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015. - 1 online resource (250 pages)
Cover; Half-title; Title; Coyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Citations; Introduction; 1 ""Thou Thing Most Abhorred"": The Poet and His Muse; 2 ""Dedicated Words"": The Strategies of Front Matter; 3 Poet's Labors Lost: Patronage in Shakespeare; 4 ""Chameleon Muse"": The Poets Life in Shakespeares Courts; 5 ""Fearful Meditation"": The Young Man and the Poets Life; Epilogue: Statues and Breathers; Appendix: Exemplary Front Matter; Notes; Index.
Shakespeare and the Poet's Life explores a central biographical question: why did Shakespeare choose to cease writing sonnets and court-focused long poems like The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis and continue writing plays? Author Gary Schmidgall persuasively demonstrates the value of contemplating the professional reasons Shakespeare -- or any poet of the time -- ceased being an Elizabethan court poet and focused his efforts on drama and the Globe. Students of Shakespeare and of Renaissance poetry will find Schmidgall's approach and conclusions both challenging and illuminating.
English.
9780813157252 (electronic bk.) 0813157250 (electronic bk.) 1322598304 9781322598307 0813117062 9780813117065
22573/ctt129bqjn JSTOR
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Authorship.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Contemporaries.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Relations with literary patrons.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
1500-1599
Authors and patrons--History--England--16th century.
Literature and society--History--England--16th century.
Poets, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography.
Literary patrons--Great Britain.
Authors and patrons in literature.
Poets in literature.
Écrivains et mécènes--Histoire--Angleterre--16e siècle.
Littérature et société--Histoire--Angleterre--16e siècle.
Mécènes de la littérature--Grande-Bretagne.
Écrivains et mécènes dans la littérature.
Poètes dans la littérature.
DRAMA--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
DRAMA--Shakespeare.
Authors and patrons.
Authors and patrons in literature.
Authorship.
Contemporaries.
Courts and courtiers.
Literary patrons.
Literature and society.
Poets, English--Early modern--Biography.
Poets in literature.
Relations with literary patrons.
Great Britain--Court and courtiers--History--16th century.
England.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
PR2957 .S34 2015
822.3 822.33