Produits fréquemment achetés ensemble
Les clients qui ont acheté cet article ont aussi acheté
de Bill Bryson
|
de B. Bryson
|
de Bill Bryson
|
de Bill Bryson
|
de Bill Bryson
|
Les détails du produit
Souhaitez-vous compléter ou améliorer les informations sur ce produit ? Ou faire modifier les images?
|
Descriptions du produit
From Publishers Weekly
Considering the hundreds of thousands of words that have been written about Shakespeare, relatively little is known about the man himself. In the absence of much documentation about his life, we have the plays and poetry he wrote. In this addition to the Eminent Lives series, bestselling author Bryson (The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid) does what he does best: marshaling the usual little facts that others might overlook—for example, that in Shakespeare's day perhaps 40% of women were pregnant when they got married—to paint a portrait of the world in which the Bard lived and prospered. Bryson's curiosity serves him well, as he delves into subjects as diverse as the reliability of the extant images of Shakespeare, a brief history of the theater in England and the continuing debates about whether William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon really wrote Shakespeare's works. Bryson is a pleasant and funny guide to a subject at once overexposed and elusive—as Bryson puts it, he is a kind of literary equivalent of an electron—forever there and not there. (Nov.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From AudioFile
Little is known about Shakespeares life, and in this brief biography Bryson makes no attempt to expand on the known details, as other authors have. Starting by presenting the paucity of facts, he goes on to sketch the life of the worlds greatest playwright, from Stratford to London and back again. He also discusses the theories suggesting that Shakespeares works were written by someone else, dismissing them as ludicrous. While Brysons prose sparkles with Bard-worthy wit, his reading is lackluster, and this reviewer wonders why he doesnt entrust his audiobooks to more experienced narrators. This is an interesting, though brief, book about the Bard, and it deserves better. K.M. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
--Ce texte provient de la
Audio CD
édition.
Dans ce livre
(les détails)
Mots-clés inspirés de produits similaires(De quoi s'agit-il ?)Soyez le premier à ajouter un mot-clé pertinent (fortement associé à ce produit)
|
What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?
 |
70% buy the item featured on this page: Shakespeare: The World As Stage CDN$ 16.02 |
 |
12% buy A Short History of Nearly Everything CDN$ 16.79 |
 |
7% buy Mother Tongue CDN$ 13.86 |
 |
6% buy Troublesome Words 3e CDN$ 19.99 |
L'avis des consommateurs
|
Partagez votre opinion avec les autres clients:
|
||||||||||||||
Commentaires client les plus utiles
Partagez votre opinion avec les autres clients: Créer votre propre commentaire
|
Commentaires client les plus récents
|
Listmania!
|
|
Cherchez des articles semblables par catégorie
- Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature > Authors
- Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Professionals & Academics > Philosophers
- Books > Literature & Fiction > Authors, A-Z > ( S ) > Shakespeare, William > General
- Books > Literature & Fiction > Classics > British > Shakespeare, William
- Books > New & Used Textbooks
Chercher des articles semblables par sujet
Commentaires
Souhaitez-vous compléter ou améliorer les informations sur ce produit ? Ou faire modifier les images?
Votre historique récent
(En savoir plus)|
Après avoir visualisé des pages détaillées produit ou des résultats de recherche, regardez ici pour trouver une façon simple de poursuivre votre navigation sur des pages qui vous intéressent. |
