Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, author of Shakespeare in a Divided America, shows how the tumultuous events in influenced three of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies written that year—King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. “The Year of Lear is irresistible—a banquet of wisdom” (The New York Times Book Review)/5(). Shakespeare and the year of Lear Shapiro, James, author This title traces Shakespeare's life and work from the autumn of , when the author came upon an old and anonymous play - 'The True Chronicle History of King Leir' - in one of the bookstalls near his Silver Street lodgings.4/5(1). · Classical. Games. History books. William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear by James Shapiro review – a fraught political and cultural moment. An Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.
The chief theme of Shapiro's is precisely Shakespeare's profound engagement with that "troubled national mood". In this year he produced three of his greatest tragedies - King Lear. Shakespeare finished Lear early in (we think); he wrote Antony and Cleopatra later that year; in between he created Macbeth. James Shapiro does spend some time reflecting on how the plays. The Literary London Journal, (Spring ): 51 James Shapiro, William Shakespeare and The Year of Lear, hardback, pages, London: Faber and Faber, ISBN: ; £ Reviewed by Nicolas Tredell (Freelance, UK) The Literary London Journal, Volume 13 Number 1 (Spring ) London bulks large in James Shapiro's William Shakespeare and The Year.
Classical. Games. History books. William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear by James Shapiro review – a fraught political and cultural moment. An incredible burst of creative labour was the. Shakespeare and the year of Lear Shapiro, James, author This title traces Shakespeare's life and work from the autumn of , when the author came upon an old and anonymous play - 'The True Chronicle History of King Leir' - in one of the bookstalls near his Silver Street lodgings. The ways scholarship has changed since then are brilliantly apparent in James Shapiro’s “The Year of Lear,” which begins in January with Shakespeare, in his 40s, probably present at a.
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