Shakespeare Before Shakespeare: Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and the Elizabethan State

by Cathryn Enis and Glyn Parry

Before William Shakespeare wrote world-famous plays on the themes of power and political turmoil, the Shakespeare family of Stratford-upon-Avon and their neighbors and friends were plagued by false accusations and feuds with the government -- conflicts that shaped Shakespeare's sceptical understanding of the realities of power. This ground-breaking study of the world of the young William Shakespeare in Stratford and Warwickshire discusses many recent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198862911
• ISBN13: 9780198862918
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"