The fictional lives of Shakespeare /

Gilvary, Kevin

The fictional lives of Shakespeare / Kevin Gilvary - New York, NY : Routledge, c2018 - vi, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Routledge studies in Shakespeare . - Routledge studies in Shakespeare. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Biography: much practice, little theory -- Gaps in our ignorance: the biographical material for William Shakespeare -- Inventing the myths: the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Doubting the myths: Malone's unwritten life of Shakespeare -- Filling in the gaps: constructing a life of Shakespeare: 1805-1975 -- Re-imagining the life: Samuel Schoenbaum -- After Schoenbaum -- Inventing a patron: the Earl of Southampton -- Inventing a rival: Ben Jonson.

9780815394433 (hbk) 9781351186070 (ebk)

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