In Shakespeare's shadow : a rogue scholar's quest to reveal the true source behind the world's greatest plays
Blanding, Michael2022
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What if Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare - but someone else wrote him first? Acclaimed author of 'The Map Thief', Michael Blanding presents the twinning narratives of renegade scholar Dennis McCarthy and Elizabethan courtier Sir Thomas North. Unlike those who believe someone else secretly wrote Shakespeare, McCarthy argues that Shakespeare wrote the plays, but he adapted them from source plays written by North decades before. 'In Shakespeare's Shadow' alternates between the enigmatic life of North, the intrigues of the Tudor court, the rivalries of English Renaissance theater, and academic outsider McCarthy's attempts to air his provocative ideas in the clubby world of Shakespearean scholarship. Through it all, Blanding employs his keen journalistic eye to craft a captivating drama, upending our understanding of the beloved playwright and his 'singular genius.'
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Author:
Blanding, Michael, author
Imprint:
London : Hachette Books, 2022.
Collation:
496 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780316493277 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
822.33822.33 SHAB SHA BLA
Language:
English
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BRN:
93794