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Stanley Wells

Shakespeare scholar Stanley Wells argues that the Bard's varying portrayals of love and romance reflect the constant changes in his own emotional experiences.

Stanley Wells gives the second of five essays about Shakespeare and Love. Shakespeare's work is not generally considered to be autobiographical, but Shakespeare scholar Stanley Wells argues there is good reason to believe his varying portrayals of love and romance may reflect the ever-changing nature of Shakespeare's own experiences. The shifts of tone, the variations in the choices of stories he tells and the emotional and sexual relationships he dramatises suggest that his varying portrayals of love may to some extent reflect the ebb and flow of his own emotional journey.

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Tue 24 Apr 2012 22:45

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