Shakespeare. The Man and His Achievement

London England: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1977. Hardback. First Edition. Shakespeare. The Man and His Achievement. Previous owners name to inside cover. Wear and tear to D/J. Sunned spine to D/J. In this lively and authoritative book, which will be of interest to lovers of Shakespeare whether playgoers, general readers, students or academics, the author looks at Shakespeare's art in the context of the known facts of his life and the history and social conventions of his time. The plays are studied with a particular regard for the conditions of their original performance; and it is from the plays that a picture is built up of the kind of man Shakespeare was, and the society he believed in. Shakespeare's religious and political views, his social assumptions, his literary tastes and his emotional life are deduced and examined, ands the author gives his views on the controversial question of the date of the Sonnets and Shakespeare's relationships with Southampton and the 'Dark Lady'. Shakespeare was conditioned by his age yet, at the same time, he transcended it, and it is this which evokes a contemporary response. As Ben Jonson said of him, he was 'not of his age but for all time' Sixteen pages of plates. 384 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.