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The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 by James Shapiro

December 21, 2021 by narfna 2 Comments

This was extremely interesting. I am not deluded enough to think that it would be interesting for everyone. If you like historical analysis of notable literary texts, this book will be your jam. Especially if you are into Shakespeare. I have decided that this combination of historical context and literary analysis is something I really like. One of my favorite books of the last several years was Jane Austen, the Secret Radical, which did something similar, except across Austen’s entire career instead of focusing on only […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, Antony and Cleopatra, James Shapiro, King Lear, Macbeth, Non-Fiction, renaissance drama, scholarship, shakespeare in 1606, the gunpowder plot, the year of lear, william shakespeare

narfna's CBR13 Review No:189 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, Antony and Cleopatra, James Shapiro, King Lear, Macbeth, Non-Fiction, renaissance drama, scholarship, shakespeare in 1606, the gunpowder plot, the year of lear, william shakespeare ·
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“Thou art a boil, A plague-sore, an embossed carbuncle, In my corrupted blood.”

The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 by James Shapiro

April 16, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 10 Comments

The bile, the fire, the vitriol; do we understand now what King Lear meant when he assaulted his eldest daughter with these words? I certainly did not. I took it as an insult, sure, but I did not know the deeper meaning. Recently, I was driving to work and I heard James Shapiro on NPR. He was a guest because, despite the fact that he was promoting his latest title, a lot of people have been making a lot of headway with the statement that […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 16th Century England, 17th century England, Antony and Cleopatra, jacobian england, Jacobian theater, James Shapiro, King Lear, Literature, Macbeth, Shakespeare, the plague, theater history, Tudor England

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:33 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 16th Century England, 17th century England, Antony and Cleopatra, jacobian england, Jacobian theater, James Shapiro, King Lear, Literature, Macbeth, Shakespeare, the plague, theater history, Tudor England ·
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