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Author: Lois Potter (University of Delaware)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.80cm
Weight: 0.794kg
ISBN: 9780631207849
ISBN 10: 0631207848
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 13 April 2012
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College/higher education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Two of the Mighty dead have been brought back to life inexemplary fashion: Shakespeare in Lois Potter s The Life ofWilliam Shakespeare: A Critical Biography, which very cleverly usesexpert theatre-knowledge as a way of making her enigmatic subjectseem plausibly substantial; and Keats in Nicholas Roe s JohnKeats: A New Life, which puts the poet properly in hisplace. (The Guardian, 24 November 2012) This study will have wide appeal to readers who wish toexpand their appreciation of the works of WilliamShakespeare. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; generalreaders. (Choice, 1 November 2012) These form the narrative spine of this richly suggestive,undogmatic book in which Lois Potter ranges across the entire canonand the period that helped produce it. (Around theGlobe, 1 October 2012) Lois Potter s Life of William Shakespeare, rankswith the most distinguished examples of its kind Herachievement lies in her catholicity, her simultaneous commitment tomatters personal, historical, theatrical, literary, cultural. She exhibits an absolute command of the available facts, alifetime s acquaintance with the works gained in teaching andplaygoing, an unparalleled familiarity with theatrical history from1567 to the present, and a talent for connecting the fictional andthe actual. (Times Literary Supplement, 10August 2012)
<p> Two of the Mighty dead have been brought back to life in exemplary fashion: Shakespeare in Lois Potter s The Life of William Shakespeare: A Critical Biography, which very cleverly uses expert theatre-knowledge as a way of making her enigmatic subject seem plausibly substantial; and Keats in Nicholas Roe s John Keats: A New Life, which puts the poet properly in his place. (The Guardian, 24 November 2012) <p> This study will have wide appeal to readers who wish to expand their appreciation of the works of William Shakespeare. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers. (Choice, 1 November 2012) <p> These form the narrative spine of this richly suggestive, undogmatic book in which Lois Potter ranges across the entire canon and the period that helped produce it. (Around the Globe, 1 October 2012) <p> Lois Potter s Life of William Shakespeare, ranks with the most distinguished examples of its kind Her achievement lies in her catholicity, her simultaneous commitment to matters personal, historical, theatrical, literary, cultural. She exhibits an absolute command of the available facts, a lifetime s acquaintance with the works gained in teaching and playgoing, an unparalleled familiarity with theatrical history from 1567 to the present, and a talent for connecting the fictional and the actual. (Times Literary Supplement, 10 August 2012)
?Two of the Mighty dead have been brought back to life in exemplary fashion: Shakespeare in Lois Potter?s The Life of William Shakespeare: A Critical Biography, which very cleverly uses expert theatre-knowledge as a way of making her enigmatic subject seem plausibly substantial; and Keats in Nicholas Roe?s John Keats: A New Life, which puts the poet properly in his place.? (The Guardian, 24 November 2012) ?This study will have wide appeal to readers who wish to expand their appreciation of the works of William Shakespeare. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.? (Choice, 1 November 2012) ?These form the narrative spine of this richly suggestive, undogmatic book in which Lois Potter ranges across the entire canon and the period that helped produce it.? (Around the Globe, 1 October 2012) ?Lois Potter?s Life of William Shakespeare, ranks with the most distinguished examples of its kind ? Her achievement lies in her catholicity, her simultaneous commitment to matters personal, historical, theatrical, literary, cultural. She exhibits an absolute command of the available facts, a lifetime?s acquaintance with the works gained in teaching and playgoing, an unparalleled familiarity with theatrical history from 1567 to the present, and a talent for connecting the fictional and the actual.? (Times Literary Supplement, 10 August 2012)
Two of the Mighty dead have been brought back to life in exemplary fashion: Shakespeare in Lois Potter's The Life of William Shakespeare: A Critical Biography, which very cleverly uses expert theatre-knowledge as a way of making her enigmatic subject seem plausibly substantial; and Keats in Nicholas Roe's John Keats: A New Life, which puts the poet properly in his place. ( The Guardian , 24 November 2012) This study will have wide appeal to readers who wish to expand their appreciation of the works of William Shakespeare. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers. ( Choice , 1 November 2012) These form the narrative spine of this richly suggestive, undogmatic book in which Lois Potter ranges across the entire canon and the period that helped produce it. ( Around the Globe , 1 October 2012) Lois Potter's Life of William Shakespeare, ranks with the most distinguished examples of its kind ... Her achievement lies in her catholicity, her simultaneous commitment to matters personal, historical, theatrical, literary, cultural. She exhibits an absolute command of the available facts, a lifetime's acquaintance with the works gained in teaching and playgoing, an unparalleled familiarity with theatrical history from 1567 to the present, and a talent for connecting the fictional and the actual. ( Times Literary Supplement , 10 August 2012)
Lois Potter's Life of William Shakespeare, ranks with the most distinguished examples of its kind ... Her achievement lies in her catholicity, her simultaneous commitment to matters personal, historical, theatrical, literary, cultural. She exhibits an absolute command of the available facts, a lifetime's acquaintance with the works gained in teaching and playgoing, an unparalleled familiarity with theatrical history from 1567 to the present, and a talent for connecting the fictional and the actual. ( Times Literary Supplement , 10 August 2012)
Author Information
LOIS POTTER recently retired as Ned B. Allen Chair at the University of Delaware. She has also taught at the Universities of Aberdeen, Leicester, and Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle, and at Tsuda College, Tokyo. Her publications include Twelfth Night: Text and Performance (1986), the Arden edition of The Two Noble Kinsmen (1997, 2001), and Shakespeare in Performance: Othello (2002). She is also the editor of two volumes in the Revels History of Drama in English series (1981 and 1984), and has been a frequent reviewer of plays for the Times Literary Supplement, Shakespeare Quarterly, and Shakespeare Bulletin.
