02148cam a2200433 i 4500 2688518396 TxAuBib 20260331120000.0 040519s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017299814 2004011512 9780393352603 $18.99 0393352609 $18.99 9780393050578 0393050572 9780393327373 039332737X (OCoLC)55286224 TxAuBib rda Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943- Will in the world [BOOK] : how Shakespeare became Shakespeare / Stephen Greenblatt. 1st edition. New York : W.W. Norton, 2004. 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-407) and index. Primal scenes -- The dream of restoration -- The great fear -- Wooing, wedding, and repenting -- Crossing the bridge -- Life in the suburbs -- Shakescene -- Master-mistress -- Laughter at the scaffold -- Speaking with the dead -- Bewitching the king -- The triumph of the everyday. "Bringing together little-known historical facts and little-noticed elements of Shakespeare's plays, Greenblatt makes inspired connections between the life and the works and delivers "a dazzling and subtle biography" (Richard Lacayo, Time). Readers will experience Shakespeare's vital plays again as if for the first time, but with greater understanding and appreciation of their extraordinary depth and humanity.". 20260331. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616. Dramatists, English Early modern, 1500-1700 Biography. Theater England History 16th century. England Intellectual life 16th century.