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Shakespeare in a Divided America What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future
One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year ā¢ A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist ā¢ A New York Times Notable Book
A timely exploration of what Shakespeareās plays reveal about our divided land.
āIn this sprightly and enthralling book . . . Shapiro amply demonstrates [that] for Americans the politics of Shakespeare are not confined to the public realm, but have enormous relevance in the sphere of private life.ā āThe Guardian (London)
The plays of William Shakespeare are rare common ground in the United States. For well over two centuries, Americans of all stripesāpresidents and activists, soldiers and writers, conservatives and liberals alikeāhave turned to Shakespeareās works to explore the nationās fault lines. In a narrative arching from Revolutionary times to the present day, leading scholar James Shapiro traces the unparalleled role of Shakespeareās four-hundred-year-old tragedies and comedies in illuminating the many concerns on which American identity has turned.
From Abraham Lincolnās and his assassin, John Wilkes Boothās, competing Shakespeare obsessions to the 2017 controversy over the staging of Julius Caesar in Central Park, in which a Trump-like leader is assassinated, Shakespeare in a Divided America reveals how no writer has been more embraced, more weaponized, or has shed more light on the hot-button issues in our history.
A timely exploration of what Shakespeareās plays reveal about our divided land.
āIn this sprightly and enthralling book . . . Shapiro amply demonstrates [that] for Americans the politics of Shakespeare are not confined to the public realm, but have enormous relevance in the sphere of private life.ā āThe Guardian (London)
The plays of William Shakespeare are rare common ground in the United States. For well over two centuries, Americans of all stripesāpresidents and activists, soldiers and writers, conservatives and liberals alikeāhave turned to Shakespeareās works to explore the nationās fault lines. In a narrative arching from Revolutionary times to the present day, leading scholar James Shapiro traces the unparalleled role of Shakespeareās four-hundred-year-old tragedies and comedies in illuminating the many concerns on which American identity has turned.
From Abraham Lincolnās and his assassin, John Wilkes Boothās, competing Shakespeare obsessions to the 2017 controversy over the staging of Julius Caesar in Central Park, in which a Trump-like leader is assassinated, Shakespeare in a Divided America reveals how no writer has been more embraced, more weaponized, or has shed more light on the hot-button issues in our history.
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One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year ā¢ A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist ā¢ A New York Times Notable Book
A timely exploration of what Shakespeareās plays reveal about our divided land.
āIn this sprightly and enthralling book . . . Shapiro amply demonstrates [that] for Americans the politics of Shakespeare are not confined to the public realm, but have enormous relevance in the sphere of private life.ā āThe Guardian (London)
The plays of William Shakespeare are rare common ground in the United States. For well over two centuries, Americans of all stripesāpresidents and activists, soldiers and writers, conservatives and liberals alikeāhave turned to Shakespeareās works to explore the nationās fault lines. In a narrative arching from Revolutionary times to the present day, leading scholar James Shapiro traces the unparalleled role of Shakespeareās four-hundred-year-old tragedies and comedies in illuminating the many concerns on which American identity has turned.
From Abraham Lincolnās and his assassin, John Wilkes Boothās, competing Shakespeare obsessions to the 2017 controversy over the staging of Julius Caesar in Central Park, in which a Trump-like leader is assassinated, Shakespeare in a Divided America reveals how no writer has been more embraced, more weaponized, or has shed more light on the hot-button issues in our history.
A timely exploration of what Shakespeareās plays reveal about our divided land.
āIn this sprightly and enthralling book . . . Shapiro amply demonstrates [that] for Americans the politics of Shakespeare are not confined to the public realm, but have enormous relevance in the sphere of private life.ā āThe Guardian (London)
The plays of William Shakespeare are rare common ground in the United States. For well over two centuries, Americans of all stripesāpresidents and activists, soldiers and writers, conservatives and liberals alikeāhave turned to Shakespeareās works to explore the nationās fault lines. In a narrative arching from Revolutionary times to the present day, leading scholar James Shapiro traces the unparalleled role of Shakespeareās four-hundred-year-old tragedies and comedies in illuminating the many concerns on which American identity has turned.
From Abraham Lincolnās and his assassin, John Wilkes Boothās, competing Shakespeare obsessions to the 2017 controversy over the staging of Julius Caesar in Central Park, in which a Trump-like leader is assassinated, Shakespeare in a Divided America reveals how no writer has been more embraced, more weaponized, or has shed more light on the hot-button issues in our history.
