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Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future

by James Shapiro

The plays of William Shakespeare are rare common ground in the United States. For well over two centuries, Americans of all stripes—presidents and activists, soldiers and writers, conservatives and liberals alike—have turned to Shakespeare’s works to explore the nation’s fault lines. In a narrative arching from Revolutionary times to the present day, leading

Publisher

Penguin Press

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

286

ISBN

9780525522294