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She is also the author of many other books, including shakespeares wife, white beech, and the whole woman. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading shakespeares wife. I dont think a general audience would appreciate this book, but if you love shakespeares works, you will enjoy greers. Her bestselling books include the female eunuch and the whole woman. Born in about 1556, she was 26 years old when she married. Germaine greer, the beautiful boy germaine greer, beautiful boys, statue, art.

Here germaine greer strives to reembed the story of their marriage in its social context and presents new hypotheses about the life of the farmers daughter who. Shakespeares wife, by germaine greer the independent. Shakespeares wife greer, germaine 9780747590194 amazon. Best sellers prime new releases fashion customer service todays deals. With a dazzling display of erudition and lively prose, her shakespeare s wife is a delight to read and a breath of fresh air for those interested in the bards life. The omission of her name from shakespeare s will has been. Free delivery on book orders dispatched by amazon over. In play after play shakespeare presents the finding of a worthy wife as a triumphant denouement, yet scholars persist in believing that. Germaine greer, 9780747593003, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Partbiography, parthistory, shakespeare s wife is fascinating in its reconstruction of anns life, and the daily lives of elizabethan women. It explains what anne hathaways life was really like, without. Its thesis is broadly twofold that ann has been consistently undervalued, for what she meant to shakespeare and for.

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The flaw that greer isolates in other writers, that they assume what needs to be proved, isnt always absent. But she has some provocative ideas, and this book serves as a useful corrective to some of the antiann flights of fancy found in other books about shakespeare greer likes to call their authors bardolators. A polemical, groundbreaking study of elizabethan england that. Books to borrow books for people with print disabilities internet.

Feb 14, 2011 germaine greer is never contentious in this book, but she is fair. Germaine greer, a scholar best known for the female eunuch, would have us consider other possibilities. The author blithely disregards the perils of extrapolating a historical record from shakespeares writing in this glueandscissors account. Shakespeares wife, by germaine greer shakespeare geek, the. Challenges popular beliefs about the estranged nature of shakespeare s marriage to ann hathaway, placing their relationship in a social and historical context that poses alternative theories about her rural upbringing and role in the bards professional life. This book is no shallow bodiceripper, but a terrific history of 16th17th century english womanhood. Germaine greers unlikely championing of love and marriage in shakespeare. Apr 01, 2008 shakespeare s wife greer, germaine on. Very little of what we know about shakespeare s life can be documented. Download shakespeare s wife study guide subscribe now a shakespearean scholar, greer cites the works of many others, often caustically, as for example stephen greenblatts will in the world. Among her notable books were the female eunuch 1970, the obstacle race. Shakespeares wife greer, germaine 9780747593003 amazon.

Shakespeares wife kindle edition by greer, germaine. Germaine greer s most popular book is the female eunuch. Shakespeares wife greer, germaine 9780061537158 amazon. Notes imagining shakespeares wife cambridge university press. Germaine greer is one of the most enduring and influential figures of the. Eunuch 1970, the whole woman 1999 and shakespeares wife 2007. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read shakespeare s wife. Shakespeare s wife ebook written by germaine greer. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This is a daring, insightful book that asks new questions, opens new fields of investigation and research, and rights the wrongs done to ann shakespeare. In shakespeares wife, germaine greer boldly breaks new ground. Shakespeare s wife by germaine greer 406pp, bloomsbury. Germaine greer, australianborn english writer and feminist who championed the sexual freedom of women. Wilhelm meisters apprenticeship, book iii, chapter ix.

Shakespeares wife by germaine greer i bought this book mistakenly thinking it was a work of historical fiction. Front rows cultural exchange germaine greer bbc radio 4. Sep 01, 2007 shakespeare s wife greer, germaine on. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading shakespeare s wife. She lives in northwest essex, england, and has taught shakespeare at universities in australia, britain, and the united states. Download ebook shakespeares wife germaine greer pdf. With deep insight and intelligence, she offers daring and thoughtful new theories about the farmers. Little is known about ann hathaway, the wife of englands greatest playwright. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The omission of her name from shakespeares will has been interpreted as evidence that she was. Watermarked ebook for reading on all devices including kindle. Sep 18, 2011 1 0 shakespeare s wife, by germaine greer subscribe to independent premium to bookmark this article want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later. Dec 02, 2020 william shakespeares influence on english literature is enormous, but from dr johnson to germaine greer, some outstanding works have explored his legacy and life story.

Shakespeares wife greer, germaine 9780061537165 amazon. In play after play shakespeare presents the finding of a worthy wife as a triumphant denouement, yet scholars persist in believing that his own wife was resented and even hated by him. Shakespeare s wife 9780061537158 by greer, germaine and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Shakespeares wife book boston public library bibliocommons. Here germaine greer strives to reembed the story of their marriage in its social context and presents. Ann or agnes hathaway was a farmers daughter from shottery, near stratford. Sep 01, 2007 shakespeare s wife by germaine greer 406pp, bloomsbury. Shakespeare s wife kindle edition by greer, germaine. Because of the little we do know about their relationshipprimarily that shakespeare left her his secondbest bed shakespeare biographers. Shakespeares wife book by germaine greer 7 available.

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Here germaine greer strives to reembed the story of their marriage in its social context and presents new hypotheses about the life of the farmers daughter who married our greatest poet. Rumor has it that this whole book is actually germaine greer s little joke, an attack on traditional shakespeare biography that works by painting a complimentary picture of a target that that damned misogynist tradition has so long painted as the woman who ruined shakespeares life. Little is known about the wife of the worlds most famous playwright. Germaine greer chooses the getting of wisdom by the australian novelist henry handel. For businessexclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat. Apr 01, 2008 in shakespeare s wife, germaine greer boldly breaks new ground, combining literaryhistorical techniques with documentary evidence about life in stratford, to reset the story of shakespeare s marriage in its social context.

Germaine greers the obstacle race the fortunes of women painters. Top 10 shakespearean books william shakespeare the guardian. We know little for sure about shakespeares wife and what she was like, and even. Instead, greer offers a richly textured account of the lives of ordinary women in stratford and similar towns in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. While shakespeare is above all the poet of marriagerepeatedly in his plays, constant wives redeem unjust and deluded husbandsscholars persist in positing. Little is known of the wife of englands greatest playwright. Shakespeares wife by germaine greer, paperback barnes.