This book addresses common myths and misconceptions about Shakespeare and his works offering authoritative, up-to-date and even-handed treatments of controversies and scholarly disagreements. The authors evaluate evidence for and against myths to show how historical material - and the lack of it - c...

This book addresses common myths and misconceptions about Shakespeare and his works offering authoritative, up-to-date and even-handed treatments of controversies and scholarly disagreements. The authors evaluate evidence for and against myths to show how historical material - and the lack of it - can be interpreted and misinterpreted, and what this reveals about our own personal investment in the stories we tell about England's national poet.