by James Shapiro
bookshelves: paper-read, giftee, winter-20152016, tbr-busting-2016, nonfiction, non-fic-feb-2016, published-2005, willsphernalia, lit-crit, biography, britain-england, play-dramatisation, snow-times, reference Recommended to Bettie☯ by: Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Read from August 20, 2014 to...
This book started off strong, but dragged a bit in the middle. The author is clearly very good at this subject: the world of William Shakespeare in the year 1599. The book is broken up into sections: spring, summer, fall, and winter. The spring was interesting because of the legal difficulties of Mr...
A pretty good look at how the events in one year - both nationally and personally - might have impacted Shakespeare's writing. Unlike some authors I can think of, Shapiro keeps the guesswork to almost non-existent and is always very clear when he is guessing.I would've liked a look at connection be...