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Shakespeare and the Stuff of Life: Treasures from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Garratt Delia
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Description for Shakespeare and the Stuff of Life: Treasures from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Paperback. Editor(s): Garratt, Delia; Hamling, Tara. Num Pages: 136 pages, 50 colour illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 280 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Shakespeare lived and worked in an extraordinary period of change and discovery which can be hard to understand in 21st century. Just as modern audiences connect to the enduring and universal appeal of his plays, so we can connect to objects from his lifetime to illuminate our understanding of his work. This unique book brings together, for the first time, a selection of 50 objects from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon. An accessible and lavishly illustrated object-based exploration of the role and significance of notable paintings, furniture, ceramics, textiles and metal wares in the everyday experience ... Read more
Shakespeare lived and worked in an extraordinary period of change and discovery which can be hard to understand in 21st century. Just as modern audiences connect to the enduring and universal appeal of his plays, so we can connect to objects from his lifetime to illuminate our understanding of his work. This unique book brings together, for the first time, a selection of 50 objects from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon. An accessible and lavishly illustrated object-based exploration of the role and significance of notable paintings, furniture, ceramics, textiles and metal wares in the everyday experience ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474222266
SKU
KKD0002957
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Garratt Delia
Delia Garratt, Head of Cultural Engagement,The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. Tara Hamling is Senior Lecturer in History and Associate Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK.
Reviews for Shakespeare and the Stuff of Life: Treasures from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
There is a certain type of book I love so much that when one arrives through the letter slot I start grinning the same kind of slightly crazed expression one gets after too much spent away from tequila. I call them the Oddities, books that don't quite fit into the standard categories ... Shakespeare and the Stuff of Life is ... Read more