Jonathan Bate

Who was Shakespeare? Why has his writing endured? What makes it so endlessly adaptable to different times and cultures? And how has Shakespeare come to be such a powerful symbol of genius? "The Genius of Shakespeare" is a fascinating biography of the life - and afterlife - of the greatest English poet. Jonathan Bate, one of the world's leading Shakespearean scholars, deftly shows how the legend of Shakespeare's genius was created and sustained, and how it has become a truly global phenomenon.'The best book about Shakespeare for a generation' - Philip Howard, "The Times". 'As brilliant an account of the Bard's iconic universality as you could hope to find' - Michael Billington, "Guardian". 'Absolutely dazzling - illuminates the whole man and the influence he has in our lives' - Simon Callow, "Sunday Express". 'Occupies the territory of biography, literary criticism, theatrical and social history, and a journey across its landscape is one of constant delight and illumination' - Sir Richard Eyre, "Financial Times", Books of the Year.'The theme of this wonderfully written, diverse book is diversity itself, and the range of the essays serves only to confirm the disparate nature of Shakespeare's achievement' - Peter Ackroyd, "The Times". 'The liveliest and most intelligent general book on Shakespeare I have read for a long time' - John Gross, "Sunday Telegraph", Books of the Year.

In this illuminating, innovative biography, Jonathan Bate, one of today's most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, has found a fascinating new way to tell the story of the great dramatist. Using the Bard's own immortal list of a man's seven ages in As You Like It, Bate deduces the crucial events of Shakespeare's life and connects them to his world and work as never before. is unsurpassed artist came to be.

¿En qué consiste el genio de Shakespeare? ¿Qué tuvode singular este dramaturgo inglés de fines del siglo XVI? El autor busca en esta obar las respuestas a estas preguntas y nos muestra la imagen que nos hemos formado de él, donde se mezclan la realidad con las anécdotas sin separar los hechos documentados de las historias que comenzaron a circular sobre su vida. Jonathan Bate consigue reinventar a Shakespeare una y otra vez, aportando nuevas ideas de forma sensata y significativa. Un libro inteligente, con ingenio y totalmente accesible, cuya lectura se disfruta y a la vez impresiona.