Shakespeare and Biography

• A lively account of Shakespearean biography by one of the world's foremost Shakespearean scholars
• Probes the challenges faced by biographers of Shakespeare across the ages
• Explains what is really known of the life of William Shakespeare - from the historical record and from his plays and poems

Readership: Scholars and advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Shakespeare

David Bevington, Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Humanities; Professor in English Language and Literature and Comparative Literature, University of Chicago.

"Bevington's Shakespeare and Biography is a learned and engaging account" - Jack Lynch, Times Literary Supplement

"This is probably the best and fairest book to date on Shakespeare and biography." - Rene Weis, Around the Globe

1: The Biographical Problem
2: The Art of Biography
3: Sex
4: Politics
5: Religion
6: Out of the Depths
7: On the Heights
8: L'envoi
Further Reading
Bibliography