17625 Woolf from the royal births to

from the royal births to war to the king's madness

heightened displays of private life in public

VG condition for age

Mrs Lefroy writes of social and family life interspersed with important national and international events

17625 Woolf from the royal births toShakespeare went through a transition in the 18th century from a playwright requiring improvement to a national poet whose every word was sacred. Scholars have studied this movement through adaptations, criticism and editing, but have overlooked the role of fiction. Rumbold shows us the prevalence and importance of fictional characters' direct quotations from Shakespeare. The novel as art form and Shakespeare as icon developed cultural authority