{"product_id":"shakespeare-in-a-divided-america-what-his-plays-tell-us-about-our-past-and-future-paperback","title":"Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Future - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eTen Best Books of the Year \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist \u003cb\u003e- \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA timely exploration of what Shakespeare's plays reveal about our divided land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In this sprightly and enthralling book . . . Shapiro amply demonstrates  that] for Americans the politics of Shakespeare are not confined to the public realm, but have enormous relevance in the sphere of private life.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The plays of William Shakespeare are rare common ground in the United States. For well over two centuries, Americans of all stripes--presidents and activists, soldiers and writers, conservatives and liberals alike--have turned to Shakespeare's works to explore the nation's fault lines. In a narrative arching from Revolutionary times to the present day, leading scholar James Shapiro traces the unparalleled role of Shakespeare's four-hundred-year-old tragedies and comedies in illuminating the many concerns on which American identity has turned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Abraham Lincoln's and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth's, competing Shakespeare obsessions to the 2017 controversy over the staging of \u003ci\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e in Central Park, in which a Trump-like leader is assassinated, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in a Divided America\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how no writer has been more embraced, more weaponized, or has shed more light on the hot-button issues in our history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e is currently the Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1985. In 2011, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has written several award-winning books on Shakespeare, and his most recent book, \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded the James Tait Black Prize as well as the Sheridan Morley Prize. His essays and reviews have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eGuardian, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003e among other places. He has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation, and The New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. He serves on the board of directors of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and he is currently the Shakespeare Scholar in Residence at the Public Theater in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768487280928,"sku":"9780525522317","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9dbd22f363cdc062952a6dc70abf0388.webp?v=1780330716","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shakespeare-in-a-divided-america-what-his-plays-tell-us-about-our-past-and-future-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}