TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shapiro,James
TI  - 1606: William Shakespeare and the year of Lear 
SN  - 9780571235780 (hardback)
AV  - PR2819 
U1  - 822.3/3 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London, England
PB  - Faber And Faber
KW  - Shakespeare, William,
KW  - King Lear (Shakespeare, William)
KW  - fast
KW  - Drama
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - History
KW  - Dramatists, English
KW  - Early modern, 1500-1700
KW  - Kings and rulers in literature
KW  - Themes, motives
KW  - Zeithintergrund
KW  - gnd
KW  - England
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - 15th century
KW  - Stuarts, 1603-1714
KW  - London (England)
KW  - 16th century
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical essay and index; Machine generated contents note: 1.The King's Man -- 2.Division of the Kingdoms -- 3.From Leir to Lear -- 4.Possession -- 5.The Letter -- 6.Massing Relics -- 7.Remember, Remember -- 8.Hymenaei -- 9.Equivocation -- 10.Another Hell above the Ground -- 11.The King's Evil -- 12.Unfinished Business -- 13.Queen of Sheba -- 14.Plague; Also issued online
N2  - Ten years ago James Shapiro won the Samuel Johnson Prize for his best-seller 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare. Now, to mark the forthcoming 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, comes a compelling look at a no less extraordinary year in his life: 1606. 1606 is an intimate portrait of one of Shakespeare's most inspired moments: the year of King Lear, Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra. 1606, while a very good year for Shakespeare, was a fraught one for England. Plague returns. There is surprising resistance to the new king's desire to turn England and Scotland into a united Britain. And fear and uncertainty sweep the land and expose deep divisions in the aftermath of a failed terrorist attack that came to be known as the Gunpowder Plot. James Shapiro deftly demonstrates how these extraordinary plays responded to the tumultuous events of this year, events that in unexpected ways touched upon Shakespeare's own life. By immersing us in Shakespeare's England, 1606 profoundly changes and enriches our experience of his plays, works that continue to speak to us with such immediacy
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