The age of Shakespeare /
Frank Kermode.
- London : Phoenix, 2004.
- 194 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Shakespeare made his contribution to British and world culture in the midst of Elizabeth's great reign. Here, the circumstances of each play's composition are acutely described, and set within a portrait of Shakespeare's England - its early capitalism, its court, and its bursting population.