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Shapiro, James S., 1955- author.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Tragedies.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Literature and society -- England -- History -- 17th century.
English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625.
Great Britain
England.
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The year of Lear : S...
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The year of Lear :
Shakespeare
in 1606 / James Shapiro.
by
Shapiro, James S., 1955- author.
Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Subjects
Shakespeare
, William, 1564-1616 -- Tragedies.
Shakespeare
, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Literature and society -- England -- History -- 17th century.
English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625.
Great Britain
England.
Summary note:
"Preeminent
Shakespeare
scholar James Shapiro shows how the tumultuous events in England in 1606 affected
Shakespeare
and shaped the three great tragedies he wrote that year--King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. In the years leading up to 1606, since the death of Queen Elizabeth and the arrival in England of her successor, King James of Scotland,
Shakespeare
's great productivity had ebbed, and it may have seemed to some that his prolific genius was a thing of the past. But that year, at age forty-two, he found his footing again, finishing a play he had begun the previous autumn--King Lear--then writing two other great tragedies, Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra. It was a memorable year in England as well--and a grim one, in the aftermath of a terrorist plot conceived by a small group of Catholic gentry that had been uncovered at the last hour. The foiled Gunpowder Plot would have blown up the king and royal family along with the nation's political and religious leadership. The aborted plot renewed anti-Catholic sentiment and laid bare divisions in the kingdom. It was against this background that
Shakespeare
finished Lear, a play about a divided kingdom, then wrote a tragedy that turned on the murder of a Scottish king, Macbeth. He ended this astonishing year with a third masterpiece no less steeped in current events and concerns: Antony and Cleopatra. The Year of Lear sheds light on these three great tragedies by placing them in the context of their times, while also allowing us greater insight into how
Shakespeare
was personally touched by such events as a terrible outbreak of plague and growing religious divisions. For anyone interested in
Shakespeare
, this is an indispensable book"-- Provided by publisher.
Description:
xi, 367 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
ISBN:
9781416541646
1416541640
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