01969cam a2200301 i 4500 1004787148 TxAuBib 20231010120000.0 230928s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781009340373 1009340379 (OCoLC)1400118371 TxAuBib rda Wells, Stanley, 1930-, author. What was Shakespeare really like? [BOOK] / Stanley Wells ; with a foreword by Stephen Fry. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023. 149 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. What manner of man was he? -- How Shakespeare write a play? -- What do the sonnets tell us about their author? -- What made Shakespeare laugh? Epilogue: eight decades with Shakespeare - and more. Sir Stanley Wells is one of the world's greatest authorities on William Shakespeare. Here he brings a lifetime of learning and reflection to bear on some of the most tantalising questions about the poet and dramatist that there are. How did he think, feel, and work? What were his relationships like? What did he believe about death? What made him laugh? This study wrestles with fundamental debates concerning Shakespeare's personality and life. The mysteries of how Shakespeare lived, whom and how he loved, how he worked, how he produced some of the greatest and most abidingly popular works in the history of world literature and drama, have fascinated readers for centuries. -Provided by publisher. 20231010. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Appreciation. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Psychology. Fry, Stephen, 1957-, author of foreword.