Robert Nye (1939–2016)
Autore di Beowulf: A New Telling
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Robert Thomas Nye was born in London, England on March 15, 1939. At the age of 16, he left school and published his first poem, Kingfisher, in the London Magazine. He was a poet who also wrote novels, plays, and stories for children. His collections of poetry include Juvenilia, Juvenilia 2, and The mostra altro Rain and The Glass, which won the Cholmondeley Award. He became the poetry editor of the newspaper The Scotsman in 1967. From 1971 to 1996, he was the poetry critic of The Times of London. His children's books include Taliesin, March Has Horse's Ears, and Beowulf: A New Telling. His first novel for adults, Doubtfire, was published in 1967. His other novels for adults included The Life and Death of My Lord Gilles de Rais, Merlin, Faust, The Memoirs of Lord Byron, Mrs. Shakespeare: The Complete Works, and The Late Mr. Shakespeare. His novel, Falstaff, won The Hawthornden Prize and Guardian Prize for Fiction. During the early 1970s, he wrote several plays for BBC radio including A Bloody Stupid Hole. He died from cancer on July 3, 2016 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1939-03-15
- Data di morte
- 2016-07-02
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
North Wales, UK
County Cork, Ireland - Istruzione
- Southend High School
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
poet
children's book author
reviewer
editor - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Royal Society of Literature (fellow)
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Robert Nye's Shakespeare trilogy is bawdy, dense, demanding, irreverent, historically overflowing, and a keen mix of fact, speculation, and myth. I enjoyed [b:Mrs. Shakespeare: The Complete Works|30088|Mrs. Shakespeare The Complete Works|Robert Nye|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1309288289s/30088.jpg|1093835] a reasonable amount, and really enjoyed [b:The Late Mr. Shakespeare|30089|The Late Mr. Shakespeare|Robert Nye|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1168051309s/30089.jpg|2771092], but Falstaff is the critically acclaimed one (and much longer than the other two!) so I'm fascinated to see what these pages hold.
However I can say without reading it: those with short attention spans will probably struggle, as will a lot of Americans, who seem to gloss over with disgust at anything even remotely earthy. I hope to represent the rest of us on this next literary odyssey.… (altro)
However I can say without reading it: those with short attention spans will probably struggle, as will a lot of Americans, who seem to gloss over with disgust at anything even remotely earthy. I hope to represent the rest of us on this next literary odyssey.… (altro)
An absolute delight, I adore Robert Nye. This is one of a trilogy of Shakespeare novels he published, the others being [b:Falstaff|512061|Falstaff|Robert Nye|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1175399700s/512061.jpg|2432325] and [b:Mrs. Shakespeare: The Complete Works|30088|Mrs. Shakespeare The Complete Works|Robert Nye|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1309288289s/30088.jpg|1093835].
It's interesting to look, many years later, at the elements of Nye's story that have become part of the standard Shakespeare narrative by 2016 (Lucy Negro? good pull, Mr Nye!) but must have been far more speculative when this was written. Many chapters of this book will be enjoyable to the average reader but only take on resonance if you are a Shakespeare fanatic, with seemingly hundreds of quotes from the plays often well hidden in the text, plenty of factual information as well as plenty of hilariously made-up business, and a fair number of astounding suggestions as to the relationship between Shakespeare's life and his work. I have to say, in all my years, I have never read a series of theories so completely believable. Nye is right on the money, I would argue, but he's built himself an (obscene, so very obscene!) elaborate narrative justification for any of the times that he is completely wrong. We'll never know most of the answers to the questions Nye asks, so I'm happy to take his answers. An hilarious, filthy, lived-in, mournful novel.… (altro)
It's interesting to look, many years later, at the elements of Nye's story that have become part of the standard Shakespeare narrative by 2016 (Lucy Negro? good pull, Mr Nye!) but must have been far more speculative when this was written. Many chapters of this book will be enjoyable to the average reader but only take on resonance if you are a Shakespeare fanatic, with seemingly hundreds of quotes from the plays often well hidden in the text, plenty of factual information as well as plenty of hilariously made-up business, and a fair number of astounding suggestions as to the relationship between Shakespeare's life and his work. I have to say, in all my years, I have never read a series of theories so completely believable. Nye is right on the money, I would argue, but he's built himself an (obscene, so very obscene!) elaborate narrative justification for any of the times that he is completely wrong. We'll never know most of the answers to the questions Nye asks, so I'm happy to take his answers. An hilarious, filthy, lived-in, mournful novel.… (altro)
Gave up on page 183 -- Nice prose, but no warmth - Book rambles, going on a a ship floating without a destination.
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- Utenti
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- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 27
- ISBN
- 137
- Lingue
- 10
- Preferito da
- 5
At the same time, I really enjoyed this work, particularly with its attempt to somewhat redeem Anne. There remains an unusual critical distaste for the woman, with the popular view for decades being that the Bard was tricked into marriage, or disliked his home life. There's plenty to argue otherwise, and Nye allows us to believe most all of the other rumours about Will (from the fair youth of the Sonnets to some fundamental marital disconnects) without completely sacrificing the Shakespeares' love.
Indeed, I particularly revelled in one of the conclusions the novel comes to about a particular question looming over Shakespeare's works, and overall found this book to be an inventive and authentic treat. Will delight Bardolaters much more than everyday readers.… (altro)