Stephanie Nolen

Shakespeare's Face

Unraveling the Legend and History of Shakespeare's Mysterious Portrait

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A nonfiction "Girl in Hyacinth Blue," this fascinating literary detective story tells the entertaining history of a recently discovered painting of Shakespeare held by the same family for 400 years, adding new drama to the Bard's life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Free Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 647g
• ISBN-13: 9781416567912
• ISBN-10: 1416567917
• Artikelnr.: 23044937

Autorenporträt

Stephanie Nolen

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Foreword
A Note on the Writers
The Mystery Uncovered
"The God of Our Idolatry" Stanley Wells
Prime Suspects
Picturing Shakespeare in 1603 Andrew Gurr
In Search of Master Shakespeare
Scenes from the Birth of a Myth and the Death of a Dramatist Jonathan Bate
Family Traces
Looking the Part Marjorie Garber
Forensic Revelations
An Actor's Face? Robert Tittler
A Painting with a Past Tarnya Coope
The Portrait Meets Its Public
The Conundrum of the Label Alexandra F. Johnston,
Arleane Ralph and Abigail Anne Young
The Man Who Will Not Meet Your Eyes Alexander Leggatt
Is This the Face of Genius?
Choosing Your Shakespeare / Alexander Leggatt
Notes
Useful Sources / Stephanie Nolen
Plate Credits
Acknowledgments
Index