{"product_id":"the-man-shakespeare-his-tragic-life-story","title":"The Man Shakespeare, His Tragic Life Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis work starts with an Introduction by J.H. Stape, St Marys University College, Strawberry Hill. First published in 1909, The Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life is a lively biography of England and arguably the worlds 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Om Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45875440877766,"sku":"DADAX1840225637","price":6.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/51uDaZokWYL.jpg?v=1779606868","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/the-man-shakespeare-his-tragic-life-story","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}