A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, 1599 by James Shapiro audiobook

A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, 1599

By James Shapiro
Read by Lewis Grenville

Blackstone Publishing

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 2 Formats: Library CD
  • 2 Formats: MP3 CD

  • ISBN: 9780792737919

  • ISBN: 9780792738442

Runtime: 14.95 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/Biography
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

Unlike any other book on Shakespeare, this richly detailed biography takes a single year and from the events of those twelve months illuminates the whole of the dramatist's creative life. During 1599, William Shakespeare broke through to a new level, writing four of his greatest plays: Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and Hamlet. In each play he made a significant dramatic advance and staked out new territory. He also oversaw the building of the Globe Theater, settled into living in Southwark, and shared with his countrymen the extraordinary events of this remarkable year: an English invasion of Ireland, the terrifying threat of a Spanish invasion, and the creation of the famed East India Company.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“As a yarn, this is up there with The Da Vinci Code—but in A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare it’s all true!”  —Sir Ian McKellen
“Superb—the product of marathon scholarship, inspired insight, narrative flair, astute surmise and searching intelligence.” —Sunday Times (London)
“Only an extraordinary scholar could illuminate Shakespeare’s singular genius by demonstrating how much his work owes to Elizabethan culture and society.”  —Chicago Tribune
“Very distinguished...captivating...Shapiro succeeds where others have fallen short.” —Boston Globe
“A brilliantly readable and revealing narrative.”  —The Guardian
“This book is a masterpiece, simply a masterpiece.” —Booklist (starred review)
“An intriguing addition to Shakespeare studies, stressing his immersion in the issues of his time…open-minded readers will be stimulated and enriched by Shapiro’s contextual approach.” —Kirkus (starred review)

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Author

Author Bio: James Shapiro

Author Bio: James Shapiro

James Shapiro has written several award-winning books on Shakespeare, including The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606, which won the James Tait Black Prize and the Sheridan Morley Prize. His essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, the London Guardian, and the London Review of Books, among other places. In 2011, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 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. He is the Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1985.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/Biography
Runtime: 14.95
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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