{"product_id":"the-year-of-lear-shakespeare-in-1606-paperback","title":"The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShakespeare in a Divided America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, shows how the tumultuous events in 1606 influenced three of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies written that year--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Macbeth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Year of Lear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eis irresistible--a banquet of wisdom\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the years leading up to 1606, Shakespeare's great productivity had ebbed. But that year, at age forty-two, he found his footing again, finishing a play he had begun the previous autumn--\u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e--then writing two other great tragedies, \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was a memorable year in England as well--a terrorist plot conceived by a small group of Catholic gentry 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was against this background that Shakespeare finished \u003ci\u003eLear\u003c\/i\u003e, a play about a divided kingdom, then wrote a tragedy that turned on the murder of a Scottish king, \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e. He ended this astonishing year with a third masterpiece no less steeped in current events and concerns: \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Exciting and sometimes revelatory, in \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Lear, \u003c\/i\u003e James Shapiro takes a closer look at the political and social turmoil that contributed to the creation of three supreme masterpieces\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e). He places 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. \"His great gift is to make the plays seem at once more comprehensible and more staggering\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e). For anyone interested in Shakespeare, this is an indispensable book.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47563756929277,"sku":"9781416541653","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/T2Y2V0xSRlJ0Nzl2emJ1ZkpsWjNmZz09.webp?v=1779515653","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-year-of-lear-shakespeare-in-1606-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}