{"product_id":"shakespeare-unbound-decoding-a-hidden-life-9780805088656","title":"Shakespeare Unbound: Decoding a Hidden Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt last--a key that unlocks the secrets of Shakespeare's life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntimacies with Southampton and Marlowe, entanglements in London with the elusive dark lady, the probable fathering of an illegitimate son--these are among the mysteries of Shakespeare's rich and turbulent life that have proven tantalizingly obscure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite an avalanche of recent scholarship, Ren  Weis, an acknowledged authority on the Elizabethan period, believes the links between the bard's life and the poems and plays have been largely ignored. Armed with a wealth of new archival research and his own highly regarded interpretations of the literature, the author finds provocative parallels between Shakespeare's early experiences in the bustling market town of Stratford--including a dangerous poaching incident and contacts with underground Catholics--and the plays. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBreaking with tradition, Weis reveals that it is the plays and poems themselves that contain the richest seam of clues about the details of Shakespeare's personal life, at home in Stratford and in the shadowy precincts of theatrical London--details of a code unbroken for four hundred years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805088656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.40d","brand":"Ren\u0026#233; Weis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40138475110581,"sku":"9780805088656","price":28.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8deb7c7a-d64e-4654-8e95-9355df551dff.jpg?v=1622516161","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/shakespeare-unbound-decoding-a-hidden-life-9780805088656","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}