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Overview
From novelist Grace Tiffany, whose debut novel, My Father Had a Daughter, was hailed as "richly detailed" and "enthralling" (Library Journal), comes the compelling narrative of the life of the most revered playwright in history.Will Shakespeare has left Stratford for London and pitched himself headlong into the chaotic, perilous world of the theater. Through raw will-and an amazing gift for words-he raises himself from poor player to master playwright. But as his success earns him great pleasure and adoration from others, it also draws the jealous wrath of Christopher Marlowe, a baby-faced genius whose anger is as punishing as his poetry is sweet...
Author Biography: Grace Tiffany is a professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama at Western Michigan University. She has taught Shakespeare at Fordham University, the University of New Orleans, and the University of Notre Dame, where she obtained her doctorate. She is also the author of My Father Had a Daughter and The Turquoise Ring.
Synopsis
From novelist Grace Tiffany, whose debut novel, My Father Had a Daughter, was hailed as richly detailed and enthralling (Library Journal), comes the compelling narrative of the life of the most revered playwright in history.Will Shakespeare has left Stratford for London and pitched himself headlong into the chaotic, perilous world of the theater. Through raw will-and an amazing gift for words-he raises himself from poor player to master playwright. But as his success earns him great pleasure and adoration from others, it also draws the jealous wrath of Christopher Marlowe, a baby-faced genius whose anger is as punishing as his poetry is sweet...
Author Biography: Grace Tiffany is a professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama at Western Michigan University. She has taught Shakespeare at Fordham University, the University of New Orleans, and the University of Notre Dame, where she obtained her doctorate. She is also the author of My Father Had a Daughter and The Turquoise Ring.
Editorials
Library Journal
Shakespeare scholar Tiffany, who had focused on the life of Shakespeare's daughter, Judith, in her debut novel, My Father Had a Daughter, now chronicles the life of the Bard himself. She opens with a young Will in school, failing miserably at Latin translations, before moving on to adulthood, marriage, his discovery of the theater, success as a playwright, and, finally, the burning of the Globe Theater. These events come across as minor because Tiffany focuses on Shakespeare's psyche and his motivations for writing, which are as complex as they are numerous, ranging from politics and love to abandonment and betrayal. There can be no doubting Tiffany's comprehensive historical research, which flavors her elegant prose. However, she is overly frugal in her use of background information, so those not fully versed in Elizabethan politics and Shakespeare's plays will be bored. Recommended only for large academic and public libraries.-Karen T. Bilton, Somerset Cty. Lib. Syst., Bridgewater, NJ Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.Book Details
Published
May 28, 2005
Publisher
Penguin Group (USA)
Pages
416
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781615607655