Shakespeare, The Illustrated and Updated Edition

图书标准信息

• 作者 Bill Bryson 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 2009-11
• ISBN 9780061965326
• 定价 213.50元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 256页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

BillBryson's"Shakespeare"pairsoneofhistory'smostcelebratedwriterswithoneofthemostpopularwritersintheEnglishlanguagetoday.Inthiselegant,updated,illustratededition,thesuperstitions,academicdiscoveriesandmythssurroundingthelifeofoneoftheworld'sgreatestpoetsareevokedthroughaseriesoffull-colorpaintings,drawings,portraits,documentsandphotographs.BrysonalsodiscussestherecentdiscoveriesoftheCobbeportraitandtheremainsofShakespeare'sfirsttheatreinShoreditch.Thecenturiesofmysteries,half-truthsanddownrightliesaboutShakespearearedeftlyexplored,asBrysondrawsapicturethatincludesmanyaspectsofthepoet'slife,makingsenseofthemanbehindthemasterpieces.InajourneydownthestreetsofShakespeare'stime,BrysonbringstolifethehubbubofElizabethanEnglandanddelightsindetailsofhisfoliosandquartos,poetryandplays.HecelebratesthegloryofShakespeare'slanguageandhisceaselessinventiveness,whichgaveushundredsofnowindispensablephrases,imagesandwords.

【作者简介】

BillBrysonisthebestsellingauthorofAtHome,AWalkintheWoods,TheLostContinent,MadeinAmerica,TheMotherTongue,andAShortHistoryofNearlyEverything,winneroftheAventisPrize.BorninDesMoines,Iowa,BrysonlivesinEnglandwithhiswifeandchildren.