A Day with William Shakespeare
The narrative reconstructs a June morning in 1599, beginning in a bustling household where a lodger, William Shakespeare, shares a brief breakfast before strolling through London. It sketches his appearance, manners, financial success and property interests, and relates his delight in flowers, birds and garden imagery that permeates his verse. The account highlights his preference for lyrical, pastoral scenes and musical passages over the period's martial ardour, and alternates concrete street and garden scenes with reflective commentary on his temperament, creative habits, and the natural sources of his poetic imagination.
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The narrative reconstructs a June morning in 1599, beginning in a bustling household where a lodger, William Shakespeare, shares a brief breakfast before strolling through London. It sketches his appearance, manners, financial success and property interests, and relates his delight in flowers, birds and garden imagery that permeates his verse. The account highlights his preference for lyrical, pastoral scenes and musical passages over the period's martial ardour, and alternates concrete street and garden scenes with reflective commentary on his temperament, creative habits, and the natural sources of his poetic imagination.
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