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Shakespeare and His Contempories (National Portrait Gallery Insights S.) Hardcover – 24 October 2005
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Charles Nicholl
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William Shakespeare and his contemporaries helped create not only a new kind of theatre but also a new form of language. In an age of religious and political warfare, they found expression for what it means to be human. Yet although Shakespeare's life is well researched, the lives of his friends are less well known. This new book argues that far from being a lone genius, Shakespeare belonged to a talented and influential group of writers, poets and dramatists, including Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, John Donne and Sir Walter Ralegh. Illustrated throughout with portraits, engravings and printed documents, it demonstrates how Elizabethan society valued literary talent as well as how these writers saw themselves. But can we be sure that the images we see are who we think they are? Charles Nicholl delves deep into the archives of the National Portrait Gallery to investigate the portraits and lives of over twenty subjects, from playwrights to pamphleteers, as well as their patrons, actors and lovers. He describes what motivated these men and women to write, who paid them and who provided their inspiration. The result is an essential counterpart to the recently acclaimed biographies of Shakespeare, providing new perspectives on a sixteenth-century renaissance in English literature and a rich legacy to the English-speaking world. The book is published to coincide with the National Portrait Gallery's Searching for Shakespeare exhibition from 2 March to 29 May 2006.
- Print length112 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherNational Portrait Gallery Publications
- Publication date24 October 2005
- Dimensions15.1 x 1.7 x 21.6 cm
- ISBN-101855143674
- ISBN-13978-1855143678
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About the Author
Charles Nicholl is the author of nine books, including The Reckoning, an investigation into the murder of Christopher Marlowe, and Somebody Else, a study of the poet Rimbaud. A regular contributor to radio, television and newspapers, his most recent book is a biography of Leonardo da Vinci (2004).
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- Publisher : National Portrait Gallery Publications (24 October 2005)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 112 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1855143674
- ISBN-13 : 978-1855143678
- Item Weight : 422 g
- Dimensions : 15.1 x 1.7 x 21.6 cm
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Frank 9
3.0 out of 5 stars
Amplified exhibition programme style production
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 16 September 2018Verified Purchase
This is a small scale coffee table book, a series of artworks with stylishly written commentary on the people depicted & their milieu. Nothing like the brilliant books Nicholl wrote on Marlowe & Shakespeare which were detailed scholarly elegant and masterful.
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M.J. Urban
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A VERY useful introduction to the National Portrait Gallery.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 10 August 2018Verified Purchase
I have no idea why the NPG do not sell this book. It seems to have been ordered and printed by them - but no longer sold in their shop. A great mistake in my opinion as I found it extremely helpful, interesting and a considerable help when studying the subject.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 17 March 2016Verified Purchase
interesting period

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 6 January 2015Verified Purchase
Fantastic...must be some weird clear-out...
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