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" SURE, THERE&amp;#039;S BEEN enough Shakespeare biographies written to fill the old Globe Theatre. But not by eminent Harvard Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt, who combines cultural history with a close reading of the bard&amp;#039;s work to envision what Shakes&amp;#039;s life might have been like. For those too busy to contemplate how a promising young man spent the 1570s (studying Latin and making gloves), here is our Hurried Man&amp;#039;s Guide to Will in the World (Norton, $27). Why you should read it: It&amp;#039;s the most detailed biography of the greatest poet in the English language. Why you won&amp;#039;t: The playoffs commence anon!  Childhood: Will&amp;#039;s father was a drunk, inspiring the young lad to stay sober and write.  The player: Despite being married, Shakespeare wrote his most romantic verses to a narcissistic nobleman and a mysterious woman who gave him an STD.  Tips from the master: Poaching is just fine; Shakes &amp;quot;borrowed&amp;quot; from everyone, including his most serious rival, Christopher Marlowe. How to sound as if you read it: &amp;quot;I concur with Greenblatt that Shakespeare was, vis-\u00E1-vis his contemporaries, morally conservative. But of course, it was the creation of interiority in dramatic monologue that really set him apart.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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