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The Facts About Shakespeare Kindle Edition

by William Allan Neilson (Author), Ashley Horace Thorndike (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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    217 pages
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    English
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  4. Publication date
    March 17, 2011
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004SQX3CE
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 17, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1094 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 217 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1505332389
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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  1. Geoffrey Chaucer

    Geoffrey Chaucer

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    Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1343 - 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey.

    While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten-year-old son Lewis, Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Among his many works, which include The Book of the Duchess, the House of Fame, the Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde. He is best known today for The Canterbury Tales.

    Chaucer was a crucial figure in developing the legitimacy of the vernacular, Middle English, at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin.

    Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Unknown British 17th century (object page; previous upload was here) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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  2. Tom Thomas

    Tom Thomas

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    I grew up in Central New York, took political science and English Literature at Syracuse University and have loved the subjects ever since. After graduation from Syracuse, I attended and graduated from its law school. I practiced law and invested in commercial real estate and have owned several businesses from fast food to newspapers. I am a musician and an artist and so books that I publish include those subjects. My First novel, The Jury is Out, is a legal thriller, the second historical fiction, The Lady is a Spy, covers the civil war era, a great interest for me, and the third novel, Forgers, Frauds, and Thieves, involves my love of art.

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3.9 out of 5 stars
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Ali Julia
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting work written in 1927
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2018
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This book was written in 1927 and style of writing reflects the era in each the book was written. The book is written in dense prose with long paragraphs and sentences. It compiles information about Shakespeare's times, traditions, and as well as information known about Shakespeare.

The book also includes metrical analysis of his works such as total number of lines, blank verses, run-on lines, and others. The tables show a lot of interesting fact about how Shakespeare's writing changes over his career, for example, in his early plays he used more rhymes but practically abandoned them by the end. This is a serious scholastic work and even though it is a little dry to read if you are interested in the topic there is a lot to learn.

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Richard Chandler
3.0 out of 5 stars Facts About Shakespeare
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2016
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This is just as it says, a basic informational book about what is known about Shakespeare--useful if a little colorless. It's a good reference volume.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2012
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I liked Shakespeare courses in college. Many theories on his writings and if he actually was the author of it all.
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5.0 out of 5 stars great
Reviewed in India on March 10, 2016
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3.0 out of 5 stars On Shakespeare
Reviewed in India on October 15, 2019
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It's a useful book for people who want to rad more about Shakespeare. We do get tons of literature, plays, drama etc. written by Shakespeare but not much is available on Shakespeare. This book serves that purpose.
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3.0 out of 5 stars On Shakespeare
Reviewed in India on October 15, 2019
It's a useful book for people who want to rad more about Shakespeare. We do get tons of literature, plays, drama etc. written by Shakespeare but not much is available on Shakespeare. This book serves that purpose.
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