Project Gutenberg 2008-11-15 Public domain in the USA. 97 Masefield, John 1878 1967 William Shakespeare Home University Library of Modern Knowledge, No. 2 Produced by David Clarke, Carla Foust and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "William Shakespeare" by John Masefield is an analytical biography written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the life, environment, and artistic contributions of the iconic playwright, drawing connections between his origins in Stratford-upon-Avon and the cultural landscape of Elizabethan theatre. Through this exploration, the book not only chronicles Shakespeare's life events but also examines how they shaped his plays and poetic works. The opening of the text describes Stratford-upon-Avon as it stands today compared to Shakespeare's time, highlighting its transformation and enduring significance as his birthplace and the final resting place of the renowned playwright. Masefield recounts key information about Shakespeare's early life, such as his family background, marriage to Anne Hathaway, and the births of their children, intertwining factual history with the legends that arose posthumously. The author also reflects on the mysterious gaps in Shakespeare's biography, particularly during his early career, and sets the stage for understanding how these elements contributed to the literary genius that emerged, laying groundwork for a detailed analysis of Shakespeare's works in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation PR Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature 400770 400779 2024-09-11T12:27:19.143049 2023-09-12T06:20:12.101499 text/html text/html 395401 2008-11-15T09:32:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 130036 2008-11-15T09:32:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 194550 2024-09-11T12:27:29.699980 application/epub+zip 199347 2024-09-11T12:27:21.794025 application/epub+zip 199347 2024-09-11T12:27:20.302046 application/epub+zip 408173 2024-09-11T12:27:34.187955 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409966 2024-09-11T12:27:27.943972 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409868 2022-09-12T13:36:02.838285 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316392 316295 2024-09-11T12:27:17.757030 2023-09-12T06:20:10.736493 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 316279 2008-11-15T09:32:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 119635 2008-11-15T09:32:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 316305 2008-11-15T09:32:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119602 2008-11-15T09:32:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19957 2024-09-11T12:27:34.334952 application/rdf+xml 16154 2024-09-11T12:27:20.700024 image/jpeg 4015 2024-09-11T12:27:20.500014 image/jpeg 184145 2024-09-11T12:27:19.173030 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia