With his magisterial and ingenious re-creations of the lives of Chaucer, Dickens, T. S. Eliot, William Blake, and Sir Thomas More, Peter Ackroyd has long been recognized as today's foremost practitioner of the literary biography. His adroit style and unrivaled ability to uncover the telling detail h
Shakespeare and Biography (review)
β Scribed by Foakes, R. A.
- Book ID
- 121707636
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 154 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-4078
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