What's in a name? : how historians know Shakespeare was Shakespeare / Susan Dwyer Amussen.
| Author/creator | Amussen, Susan Dwyer author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | What is in a name? : how historians know Shakespeare was Shakespeare |
| Variant title | How historians know Shakespeare was Shakespeare |
| Contents | Conventions -- Prologue -- Part I: Stratford. How to be an (early modern) historian -- Stratford and the Shakespeares -- A grammar school education -- Part II: London. An early modern metropolis -- Work, sex and pleasure in the capital -- Part III: The theatrical world. Theatre before Shakespeare -- Becoming Shakespeare at the Rose and the Theatre -- House-keeper at the Globe and Blackfriars -- Retirement -- Epilogue -- Further reading and other resources -- Notes -- List of illustrations -- List of maps -- Acknowledgements -- Index. |
| Abstract | "How do we know Shakespeare was Shakespeare? Could a glover's son who left school at fifteen really be the author behind such masterpieces as Hamlet, King Lear and The Tempest? Yes! says historian Susan Dwyer Amussen. She transports readers back to early modern England, to travel the path that carried William Shakespeare from humble origins in Stratford to literary greatness on the London stage. This was a society undergoing rapid change. Grammar schools made education in Latin and Greek available to commoners, while touring players brought the latest dramatic productions to the masses. And in London, a metropolis filled with European visitors, ordinary people had the opportunity to see courtly life up close. No serious historian doubts that Shakespeare was the author of the plays that bear his name. Susan Dwyer Amussen shares what they know: that Shakespeare's England was a complex and cosmopolitan place, with everything a talented young playwright needed to develop his craft and furnish his imagination"-- Dust jacket flap. |
| Bibliography note | Contains bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781526191878 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| ISBN | 9781526191908 |
| ISBN | 1526191903 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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