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Stuart Kells
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Counterpoint
Publication date
April 2, 2019
Pages
336
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN-13
9781640091832
ISBN-10
1640091831
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.30 lbs.
Original list price
$26.00
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The Lost Gutenberg: The Astounding Story of One Book's Five-Hundred-Year Odyssey | What Blest Genius?: The Jubilee That Made Shakespeare | This Is Shakespeare (Pelican Books) | Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen | How the Classics Made Shakespeare (E. H. Gombrich Lecture Series) | The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age | The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library
The Lost Gutenberg: The Astounding Story of One Book's Five-Hundred-Year Odyssey | What Blest Genius?: The Jubilee That Made Shakespeare | This Is Shakespeare (Pelican Books) | Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen | How the Classics Made Shakespeare (E. H. Gombrich Lecture Series) | The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age | The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: From acclaimed author and ardent bibliophile Stuart Kells comes an exploration of the quest to find the personal library of the world’s greatest writer
Millions of words of scholarship have been expended on the world’s most famous author and his work. And yet a critical part of the puzzle, Shakespeare’s library, is a mystery. For four centuries people have searched for it: in mansions, palaces and libraries; in riverbeds, sheep pens and partridge coops; and in the corridors of the mind. Yet no trace of the Bard’s manuscripts, books or letters has ever been found.
The search for Shakespeare’s library is much more than a treasure hunt. Knowing what the Bard read informs our reading of his work, and it offers insight into the mythos of Shakespeare and the debate around authorship. The library’s fate has profound implications for literature, for national and cultural identity, and for the global Shakespeare industry. It bears on fundamental principles of art, identity, history, meaning and truth.
Unfolding the search like the mystery story that it is, acclaimed author Stuart Kells follows the trail of the hunters, taking us through different conceptions of the library and of the man himself. Entertaining and enlightening, Shakespeare’s Library is a captivating exploration of one of literature’s most enduring enigmas.
Millions of words of scholarship have been expended on the world’s most famous author and his work. And yet a critical part of the puzzle, Shakespeare’s library, is a mystery. For four centuries people have searched for it: in mansions, palaces and libraries; in riverbeds, sheep pens and partridge coops; and in the corridors of the mind. Yet no trace of the Bard’s manuscripts, books or letters has ever been found.
The search for Shakespeare’s library is much more than a treasure hunt. Knowing what the Bard read informs our reading of his work, and it offers insight into the mythos of Shakespeare and the debate around authorship. The library’s fate has profound implications for literature, for national and cultural identity, and for the global Shakespeare industry. It bears on fundamental principles of art, identity, history, meaning and truth.
Unfolding the search like the mystery story that it is, acclaimed author Stuart Kells follows the trail of the hunters, taking us through different conceptions of the library and of the man himself. Entertaining and enlightening, Shakespeare’s Library is a captivating exploration of one of literature’s most enduring enigmas.
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