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The Year of Lear Shakespeare in 1606

"Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro 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 arr...

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Main Author: Shapiro, James, 1955-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Tragedies.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Literature and society > England > History > 17th century.
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
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