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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Shapiro, James S, 1955-     Subjects     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear -- Criticism and interpretation.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth -- Criticism and interpretation.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Antony and Cleopatra -- Criticism and interpretation.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Tragedies -- Criticism and interpretation.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.     Literature and society -- England -- History -- 17th century.     English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.     Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography.     Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.     Gunpowder Plot, 1605.     Plague -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century.     Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625.     London (England) -- History -- 17th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Shapiro, James S, 1955-       by title:      The year of Lear : S...       by call number:      822.33 Bs     Search the Web     Shapiro, James S, 1955-     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear -- Criticism and interpretation.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth -- Criticism and interpretation.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Antony and Cleopatra -- Criticism and interpretation.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Tragedies -- Criticism and interpretation.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.     Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.     Literature and society -- England -- History -- 17th century.     English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.     Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography.     Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.     Gunpowder Plot, 1605.     Plague -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century.     Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625.     London (England) -- History -- 17th century.       MARC Display

The year of Lear : Shakespeare in 1606 / James Shapiro. by Shapiro, James S, 1955- Simon & Schuster, 2015. Call #: 822.33 Bs Subjects Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London.   Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear -- Criticism and interpretation.   Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth -- Criticism and interpretation.   Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Antony and Cleopatra -- Criticism and interpretation.   Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Tragedies -- Criticism and interpretation.   Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.   Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.   Literature and society -- England -- History -- 17th century.   English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.   Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography.   Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century.   Gunpowder Plot, 1605.   Plague -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century.   Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625.   London (England) -- History -- 17th century. ISBN:  9781416541646 (hc.) 1416541640 (hc.) Alternate title:  Lear : Shakespeare in 1606 Edition:  First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Description:  xi, 367 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, the author of "A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599" 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"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 822.33 Bs Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 822.33 Bs Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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