Schoch Professor Richard (Queens University Belfast Uk)
Schoch Professor Richard (Queens University Belfast Uk) - Shakespeares House A Window Onto His Life And Legacy - Hardcover
Schoch Professor Richard (Queens University Belfast Uk) - Shakespeares House A Window Onto His Life And Legacy - Hardcover
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Description: In the wide realm of Shakespeare worship the house in Stratford - upon - Avon where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 known colloquially as the Birthplace remains the chief shrine. It's not as romantic as Anne Hathaway's thatched cottage it's not where he wrote any of his plays and there's nothing inside the house that once belonged to Shakespeare himself. So why for centuries have people kept turning up on the doorstep? Richard Schoch answers that question by examining the history of the Birthplace and by exploring how its changing fortunes over four centuries perfectly mirror the changing attitudes toward Shakespeare himself. Based on original research in the archives of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford - upon - Avon and the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC and featuring two black and white illustrated plate sections which draw on the wide array of material available at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Victoria and Albert Museum this book traces the history of Shakespeare's birthplace over four centuries. Beginning in the 1560s when Shakespeare was born there it ends in the 1890s when the house was rescued from private purchase and turned into the Shakespeare monument that it remains today.
Title: Shakespeares House A Window Onto His Life And Legacy
Author(s): Schoch Professor Richard (Queens University Belfast Uk)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781350409354
Pages: 200 Pages, 25 Bw Illus
Publication Date: 11/30/2023
Category: British & Irish History
Description: In the wide realm of Shakespeare worship the house in Stratford - upon - Avon where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 known colloquially as the Birthplace remains the chief shrine. It's not as romantic as Anne Hathaway's thatched cottage it's not where he wrote any of his plays and there's nothing inside the house that once belonged to Shakespeare himself. So why for centuries have people kept turning up on the doorstep? Richard Schoch answers that question by examining the history of the Birthplace and by exploring how its changing fortunes over four centuries perfectly mirror the changing attitudes toward Shakespeare himself. Based on original research in the archives of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford - upon - Avon and the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC and featuring two black and white illustrated plate sections which draw on the wide array of material available at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Victoria and Albert Museum this book traces the history of Shakespeare's birthplace over four centuries. Beginning in the 1560s when Shakespeare was born there it ends in the 1890s when the house was rescued from private purchase and turned into the Shakespeare monument that it remains today.
Title: Shakespeares House A Window Onto His Life And Legacy
Author(s): Schoch Professor Richard (Queens University Belfast Uk)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781350409354
Pages: 200 Pages, 25 Bw Illus
Publication Date: 11/30/2023
Category: British & Irish History
