{"product_id":"9781840225631-secondhand-the-man-shakespeare-his-tragic-life-story","title":"The Man Shakespeare, His Tragic Life Story","description":"This work starts with an Introduction by J.H. Stape, St Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill. First published in 1909, \"The Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life\" is a lively biography of England and arguably the world's greatest playwright and poet by an ardent admirer. Pursuing the thesis that a man so elusive in the few surviving documents is found full blown in very one of his works, Frank Harris, a successful journalist and editor, turns his hand to creating an impressionistic portrait that is at once a highly idiosyncratic exploration of the plays and a telling of the life through them.A product of late-Victorian Bardolatry, Harris' Shakespeare was both hailed and criticised in its day, the \"New York Times\" reviewer declaring that 'This is the book for which we have waited a lifetime', while academic critics attacked it as 'nonsense'. Controversial and self-confident, this biographical study retains its interest as a work of period charm. Bristling with fresh, if not always convincing, arguments, combative in style, and with a full battery of belletristic effects, Harris, as ever, pulls off a tour de force.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47890468077787,"sku":"9781840225631-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6885c9c0-a6e4-44e1-9804-0333441e24cc.jpg?v=1762156259","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781840225631-secondhand-the-man-shakespeare-his-tragic-life-story","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}