000			01301nam a2200181 a 4500
999			_c20622 _d20622
020			_a 9780140136135
020			_a0140136134
082			_a822.33 _bHAR
100			_aHarrison, G.B. _eaut
245			_aIntroducing Shakespear
260			_bPenguin, _aHarmondsworth, _c1966.
300			_a232 pages: _bfrontispiece, illustrations (including portraits) facsimiles, diagrams
490			_aPelican books.
505			_a232 pages frontispiece, illustrations (including portraits) facsimiles, diagrams
520			_aThis work provides the background to Shakespeare's plays. The author shows how Shakespeare came to occupy his current position at the pinnacle of English literature, how little we know of his life and how recent scholarship has made immense strides in illuminating his works. Subsequent chapters consider what we know about the social and political scene in Shakespeare's day, the rival theatrical companies in an age of the plague, plagiarism and literary piracy and the actual design of Elizabethan playhouses. Dr Harrison concludes by looking at the established canon and its chronology, the development of Shakespeare's style and the techniques used by modern editors to turn Folios and Quartos into readable texts.
650			_aShakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616.
942			_cBK