Pittsburg, California Dec 4, 2019 (Issuewire.com) - In Shakespeare’s Education: How Shakespeare Learned to Write, author Kate Emery Pogue explores in depth the education William Shakespeare received at the King Edward VI School in Stratford Upon Avon, c.1569-1578. Her book is key in putting to rest the argument that Shakespeare lacked access to the education needed to write his plays.
Pogue notes the names of the highly educated schoolmasters listed to this day in Shakespeare’s schoolroom. She traces the content of the nationally mandated core curriculum, including the books required for each year or form, and the educational methodology (i.e. memorization, recitation, translation, ‘turning’, versification and so forth) of Shakespeare’s Stratford education--and she demonstrates the pivotal role it played in his work as a poet and playwright.
“Pogue is very good at moving sideways into the educations and schools of Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, and Ben Jonson, three other great playwrights who were Shakespeare’s friends and rivals in the commercial theater,” shares Peter Jensen, an Amazon customer.
Kate Pogue is a prize-winning playwright, stage director, teacher, and lecturer. A graduate of Northwestern University and the University of Minnesota, she founded the Drama program at Houston Community College and was the Artistic Director for both the Shakespeare by the Book Festival in Richmond, Texas and Opera To Go, the outreach company for Houston Grand Opera. Her books include Shakespeare’s Friends, Shakespeare’s Family, and Shakespeare’s Figures of Speech. She and husband Bill Pogue live in Houston. They have two children and three grandchildren.
Shakespeare’s Education: How Shakespeare Learned to Write
Written by Kate Emery Pogue
Paperback | $12.00
E-book | $7.96
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