Shakespeare's Wife
Book description
Little is known about Ann Hathaway, the wife of England's greatest playwright; a great deal has been assumed, none of it complimentary. In Shakespeare's Wife, 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…
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1 author picked Shakespeare's Wife as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This, of course, very much ties into my enjoyment of Hamnet. My daughter and I visited Anne Hathaway’s House this summer, as I was so inspired by the women in Shakespeare’s tale, and I purchased this book by Germaine Greer to find out what the real Anne Hathaway was like.
I know Germaine Greer as a champion of women’s lives, so I knew I would find a sympathetic but also un-mushy account of the woman who married one of Britain’s best playwrights and it was exactly as I expected. The real Anne Hathaway was something of an enigma and…
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