Will in the World

Will in the World

How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

by Stephen Greenblatt, Stephen Jay Greenblatt

430 pages· ISBN 9780393050578
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A portrait of Elizabethan England and how it contributed to the making of William Shakespeare discusses how he moved to London lacking money, connections, and a formal education; started a family; attempted to forge his career in the competitive theater world; grappled with dangerous religious and political forces; and rose to became his age's foremost playwright. 100,000 first printing.

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