Will le magnifique /
The book investigates the mentality of a man between the Middle Ages and Renaissance, between custom and modernity. The author examines how the provincial young William Shakespeare, without neither social connections nor education, was able to come to London in the 1580s and in a short time become t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | French |
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[Paris] :
Flammarion,
[2014]
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| Summary: | The book investigates the mentality of a man between the Middle Ages and Renaissance, between custom and modernity. The author examines how the provincial young William Shakespeare, without neither social connections nor education, was able to come to London in the 1580s and in a short time become the greatest playwright of his age. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Will in the world: how Shakespeare became Shakespeare. First published in original English by W.W. Norton in New York and London, 2004. |
| Physical Description: | 477 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 465-[476]). |
| ISBN: | 9782081329881 (pbk) 2081329883 (pbk) |