{"product_id":"the-readers-companion-to-the-death-of-shakespeare-9780997089905","title":"The Reader's Companion to The Death of Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Death of Shakespeare imagines how the plays and poetry attributed to William Shakespeare were written. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike the outpourings of contemporary biographies about Shakespeare, the novel is based mainly on fact. Since it is not customary to add footnotes or endnotes to works of fiction, the Reader's Companion tracks the chapters in The Death of Shakespeare and explains what is supported in the historical record and what is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn essence, the Reader's Companion is an ancilla, literally \"an aid.\" Jon Benson could say, as did Moses Hadas in the introduction to his Ancilla to Classical Reading (Columbia University Press, 1954): \"Long preoccupation with a subject begets curiosity about matters essentially peripheral or even irrelevant to its main issues, and I have thought that others interested in ancient books might enjoy such partial satisfaction of similar curiosity as I am able to offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Reader's Companion has two sections: the first identifies the principal sources used by the author in writing The Death of Shakespeare, and the second provides facts of note germane to the novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Benson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nedward, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997089905\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nedward, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40553948217459,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_da80e056-dbca-4f43-bb06-7eeca76d03c7.jpg?v=1667487355","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-readers-companion-to-the-death-of-shakespeare-9780997089905","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}