Bryson, Bill.
Summary: William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of supposition arranged around scant facts. With his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colorful muddle to reveal the man himself. Bryson documents the efforts of earlier scholars, and, emulating the style of his travelogues,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlas Books/HarperCollins 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM BRYBryson, Bill.
Summary: Bryson offers a portrait of the Bard, presented in the style of a travelogue based on interviews with actors, the curator of Shakespeare's birthplace and academics.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM BRYBryson, Bill.
Summary: William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of supposition arranged around scant facts. With his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colorful muddle to reveal the man himself. Bryson documents the efforts of earlier scholars, and, emulating the style of his travelogues,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2007