Download or read book The Principal Portraits of Shakespeare written by George Scharf and published by [s.l. : s.n., 1864?] (London : Spottiswoode). This book was released on 1864 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the Principal Portraits of Shakspeare written by George Scharf and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Portraits of Shakespeare written by Joseph Parker Norris and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Portraits of Shakespeare written by Joseph Parker Norris and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Heroines of Shakespeare written by and published by . This book was released on 186? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Lecture on Some Portraits of Shakespeare and Shakespeare s Brooch written by John Rabone and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life Portraits of William Shakespeare written by James Hain Friswell and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shakespeare s Face written by Stephanie Nolen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating literary detective story charting the surprising, true history of a recently discovered painting of Shakespeare held by the same family for 400 years -- adding new drama to the Bard's life. When author Stephanie Nolen reported the discovery of the only portrait of William Shakespeare painted while he was alive, the announcement ignited furious controversy around the world. Now, in this provocative biography of the portrait, she tells the riveting story of how a rare image of the young Bard at thirty-nine came to reside in the suburban home of a retired engineer, whose grandmother kept the family treasure under her bed, and how he embarked on authenticating it. The ultimate Antiques Roadshow dream, the portrait has been confirmed by six years of painstaking forensic studies to date from around 1600, and it has not been altered since.
Download or read book Portraits of Shakespeare and On the Sonnets of Shakespeare written by James Boaden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-volume reissue of works, published 1824-7, examining portraits of Shakespeare, including an 1837 essay on his sonnets' dedicatee.
Download or read book Shakespeare s Face written by Stephanie Nolen and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2011-04-13 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 11, 2001, Globe and Mail reporter Stephanie Nolen announced a stunning discovery to the world: an attractive portrait held by an Ontario family for twelve generations, which may well be the only known portrait of Shakespeare painted during his lifetime. Shakespeare’s Face is the biography of a portrait — a literary mystery story — and the furious debate that has ensued since its discovery. A slip of paper affixed to the back proclaims “Shakespere. This likeness taken 1603, Age at that time 39 ys.” But is it really Shakespeare who peers at us from the small oil on wood painting? The twinkling eyes, reddish hair, and green jacket are not in keeping with the duller, traditional images of the bard. But they are more suggestive of the humorous and humane man who wrote the greatest plays in the English language. Shakespeare’s Face tells the riveting story of how the painting came to reside in the home of a retired engineer in a mid-sized Ontario town. The painting is reputed to be by John Sanders of Worcester, England. As a retirement project, the engineer, whose grandmother kept the family treasure under her bed, embarked on authenticating the portrait: the forensic analyses that followed have proven it without doubt to the period. In a remarkable publishing coup, Knopf Canada has gathered around Stephanie Nolen’s story a group of the world’s leading Shakespeare scholars and art and cultural historians to delve into one of the most fascinating literary mysteries of our times: “Is this the face of genius?” Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Shakespeare’s Face by Stephanie Nolen By the late afternoon I was beginning to go a little cross-eyed. I had examined countless documents and read the test results from the painting’s painstaking forensic analysis. I now had everything I needed to write my story — except for one crucial item. “Is he here?” I asked, almost in a whisper.... The owner laid the package carefully on the cluttered table. He gently pulled back the kraft paper wrapping, underneath which was a layer of bubble wrap. Then he peeled back this second layer to reveal his treasure. I was caught off-guard by how small the portrait was — and how vivid. The colours in the paint seemed too rich to be 400 years old. Except for the hairline cracks in the varnish, the face could have been painted yesterday. And there was nothing austere or haughty about it, nothing of the great man being painted for posterity. It was a rogue’s face, a charmer’s face that looked back at me with a tolerant, mischievous slightly world-weary air.... It was painted on two pieces of solid board so expertly joined that the seam was barely visible. A date, “Ano 1603”, was painted in small red letters in the top right hand corner. The right side had been nibbled by woodworms.... I stood and gazed, quelling an instinctive urge to pick the portrait up and hold it in my hands. And as my professional skepticism crumpled for a moment, I found myself wanting desperately to believe that this was indeed Shakespeare’s face.
Download or read book A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles written by Sir Sidney Lee and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the life and works of William Shakespeare, the greatest writer in the English language and the pre-eminent dramatist of all time. Sidney Lee, a leading Shakespearean scholar and editor, presents a comprehensive overview of Shakespeare's life, from his birth and upbringing in Stratford-upon-Avon, to his successful career as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company in London, and his later retirement in Stratford. Lee illuminates Shakespeare's genius through his plays, sonnets, and other works, showcasing his unparalleled knowledge of human character, wealth of humor, depth of passion, fertility of fancy, and soundness of judgment. A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the life and legacy of the Bard of Avon.
Download or read book The Story of the Grafton Portrait of William Shakespeare Aetatis Svae 24 1588 written by Thomas Kay and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Searching for Shakespeare written by Tarnya Cooper and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the authenticity of the Chandos portrait and five others as true likenesses of playwright William Shakespeare, and explores Shakespeare's life and world, presenting and describing individual costumes, theater models, manuscripts, and maps from his time as well as portraits of his contemporaries.
Download or read book The Cambridge history of English literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shakespeare s Self portrait written by William Shakespeare and published by MacMillan. This book was released on 1985 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Quest for Shakespeare written by Joseph Pearce and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly regarded and best-selling literary writer and teacher, Joseph Pearce presents a stimulating and vivid biography of the world's most revered writer that is sure to be controversial. Unabashedly provocative, with scholarship, insight and keen observation, Pearce strives to separate historical fact from fiction about the beloved Bard. Shakespeare is not only one of the greatest figures in human history, he is also one of the most controversial and one of the most elusive. He is famous and yet almost unknown. Who was he? What were his beliefs? Can we really understand his plays and his poetry if we don't know the man who wrote them? These are some of the questions that are asked and answered in this gripping and engaging study of the world's greatest ever poet. The Quest for Shakespeare claims that books about the Bard have got him totally wrong. They misread the man and misread the work. The true Shakespeare has eluded the grasp of the critics. Dealing with the facts of Shakespeare's life and times, Pearce's quest leads to the inescapable conclusion that Shakespeare was a believing Catholic living in very anti-Catholic times. Many of his friends and family were persecuted, and even executed, for their Catholic faith. And yet he seems to have avoided any notable persecution himself. How did he do this? How did he respond to the persecution of his friends and family? What did he say about the dreadful and intolerant times in which he found himself? The Quest for Shakespeare answers these questions in ways that will enlighten and astonish those who love Shakespeare's work, and that will shock and outrage many of his critics. This book is full of surprises for beginner and expert alike.
Download or read book An Inquiry Into the History Authenticity Characteristics of the Shakespeare Portraits A Supplement to An Inquiry Into the History Authenticity Characteristics of the Shakespeare Portraits written by Abraham Wivell and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
