Will in the World

The fullest and most brilliant account ever written of Shakespeare's life, his work and his age.

Stephen Greenblatt

Professor Greenblatt is widely acknowledged as the greatest Shakespearean scholar in the world

 

 

Will in the World
How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

 

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'This compulsively readable and deeply imaginative book represents the most sympathetic investigation yet made into the ways in which Shakespeare's life experiences inform his writings.'
Stanley Wells

'Greenblatt's book is full of longing, a love letter to a man we will never know. It's a wonderful piece of work.'
Simon Russell Beale