{"product_id":"whats-in-a-name-how-historians-know-shakespeare-was-shakespeare-9781526191908","title":"What's in a Name?: How Historians Know Shakespeare Was Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling tour of Shakespeare's England that makes a powerful contribution to the 'authorship question'.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow do we know Shakespeare was Shakespeare? Could a glover's son who left school at fifteen really be the author behind such masterpieces as \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYes! says historian Susan Amussen. She transports readers back to early modern England, to travel the path that carried William Shakespeare from humble origins in Stratford to literary greatness on the London stage. This was a society undergoing rapid change. Grammar schools made education in Latin and Greek available to commoners, while touring players brought the latest dramatic productions to the masses. And in London, a metropolis filled with European visitors, ordinary people had the opportunity to see courtly life up close. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo serious historian doubts that Shakespeare was the author of the plays that bear his name. Susan Amussen shares what they know: that Shakespeare's England was a complex and cosmopolitan place, with everything a talented young playwright needed to develop his craft and furnish his imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Dwyer Amussen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526191908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan D. Amussen is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Merced. She is the author of several books, most recently \u003ci\u003eGender, Culture and Politics in England, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e1560-1603\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e: Turning the World Upside Down\u003c\/i\u003e, co-written with David Underdown\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(2017). She serves as co-editor of volume III of \u003ci\u003eThe New Cambridge History of Britain \u003c\/i\u003e(2025). While her primary work has been as a social historian focused on gender, race and class, her research has been used extensively by literary scholars, with whom she has been in conversation for over thirty years.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Susan Dwyer Amussen \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47792972857501,"sku":"9781526191908","price":47.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_7521308e-2f25-4d39-a859-784d8b15ff12.jpg?v=1774985863","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/whats-in-a-name-how-historians-know-shakespeare-was-shakespeare-9781526191908","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}