1606: Shakespeare and the Year of Lear

ISBN-13: 9780571235797 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 448 str.

James Shapiro

Opis

Following the biographical style of 1599, this book traces Shakespeare's life and times from the autumn of 1605, when he took an old and anonymous Elizabethan play, The Chronicle History of King Leir, and transformed it into his most searing tragedy, King Lear.

Recenzje

"No one writes about Shakespeare as Jim Shapiro does; it's so immediate and alive. His passion for Shakespeare, his excitement and pure joy infect everyone he comes in contact with and absolutely come through in each of his books." F. Murray Abraham

O autorze

James Shapiro, who teaches English at Columbia University in New York, is author of several books, including 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare (winner of the BBC4 Samuel Johnson Prize in 2006), as well as Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? He also serves on the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company