A Year In The Life Of William Shakespeare: 1599 - Rilegato

Shapiro, James S.

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ISBN 10: 0060088737 ISBN 13: 9780060088736

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2005

Riassunto

A lavishly detailed portrait of a year in the life of the bard traces his career in 1599, which marked the building of the Globe Theater, the English invasion of Ireland, and the creation of the plays, Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and Hamlet. 100,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Very distinguished...captivating...Shapiro succeeds where others have fallen short.” (William E. Cain, Boston Globe)

“Only an extraordinary scholar could illuminate Shakespeare’s singular genius by demonstrating how much his work owes to Elizabethan cultureandsociety.” (Alexandra Alter, Chicago Tribune)

“James Shapiro throws an unusually searching light across Shakespeare’s creative genius and makes him come truly alive.” (The Economist)

“Superb―the product of marathon scholarship, inspired insight, narrative flair, astute surmise and searching intelligence.” (Peter Kemp, Sunday Times (London))

“an unforgettable illumination of a crucial moment in the life of our greatest writer.” (Robert McCrum, The Observer)

“[This] is one of the few genuinely original biographies of Shakespeare.” (Jonathan Bate, Sunday Telegraph)

“a brilliantly readable and revealing narrative.” (Nicholas Hytner, The Guardian)

“For Irish readers...by far the best account yet written of the relationship between this island and Shakespeare’s work.” (Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times)

“If Will in the World is essentially an extremely good historical novel, [YLOWS] is history itself” (Jeremy Treglown, Financial Times)

“Excellent book....superbly illuminating....Shapiro deserves whoops of applause.” (Sam Leith, The Spectator)

L'autore:

James Shapiro, aprofessor at Columbia University in New York, is the author of Rival Playwrights, Shakespeare and the Jews, and Oberammergau.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060088737
• ISBN 13: 9780060088736
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 394