The fictional lives of Shakespeare - Gilvary, Kevin (New York, NY : Routledge, 2018)
Biography: much practice, little theory -- Gaps in our ignorance: the biographical material for William Shakespeare -- Inventing the myths: the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Doubting the myths: Malone's unwritten life of Shakespeare -- Filling in the gaps: constructing a life of Shakespeare: 1805-1975 -- Re-imagining the life: Samuel Schoenbaum -- After Schoenbaum -- Inventing a patron: the Earl of Southampton -- Inventing a rival: Ben Jonson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616; Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography