Shakespeare Wars, The: Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascoes, Palace Coups
by:
Ron Rosenbaum (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299042407 (1299042406)
Publish date: January 1st 2011
Publisher: Random House Trade
Edition language: English
The Germans have Goethe, the Russians Dostoevsky, the Spanish Cervantes, the Portuguese Fernando Pessoa (and Camões). The English-speaking world has Shakespeare with a difference. Shakespeare “speaks” to us from a 400 year gap, while Goethe, Dostoevsky, Cervantes, and Pessoa are much closer to us. T...