{"product_id":"shakespeares-wife-paperback","title":"Shakespeare's Wife - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGermaine Greer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Germaine Greer, feminist scholar and provocateur, has now come to Anne Hathaway's rescue. . . . Where most scholars have sifted through the few pebbles of evidence and imagined one scenario, Ms. Greer has sifted through the same material and found a love story.\" -\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fascinating. . . . Greer meticulously exposes the sexist biases underlying depictions of Anne Hathaway. . . and re-creates in lavish detail the material realities of women's lives in 16th century England.\" -\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, Germaine Greer boldly breaks new ground, combining literary-historical techniques with documentary evidence about life in Stratford, to reset the story of Shakespeare's marriage to Anne Hathaway. With deep insight and intelligence, Greer offers daring and thoughtful new theories about the farmer's daughter who married England's greatest playwright, painting a vivid portrait of a remarkable woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle is known about Ann Hathaway; a great deal, none of it complimentary, has been assumed. The omission of her name from Shakespeare's will has been interpreted as evidence that she was nothing more than an unfortunate mistake from which Shakespeare did well to distance himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Shakespeare is above all the poet of marriage--repeatedly in his plays, constant wives redeem unjust and deluded husbands--scholars persist in positing the worst about the writer's own spouse. In\u003ci\u003e Shakespeare's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, Greer has written a passionate and perceptive work of first-rate scholarship that reclaims this maligned figure from generations of scholarly neglect and misogyny, and poses bold questions and opens new fields of investigation and research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle is known about Ann Hathaway, the wife of England's greatest playwright; a great deal has been assumed, none of it complimentary. In \u003cem\u003eShakespeare's Wife\u003c\/em\u003e, Germaine Greer boldly breaks new ground, reclaiming this much maligned figure from generations of scholarly neglect and misogyny. With deep insight and intelligence, she offers daring and thoughtful new theories about the farmer's daughter who married Britain's immortal Bard, painting a vivid portrait of a truly remarkable woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 8.02 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52913661575392,"sku":"9780061537165","price":19.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/3r82Nk6Z0x9780061537165.webp?v=1781184065","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/shakespeares-wife-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}