{"product_id":"shakespeare-in-a-divided-america-what-his-plays-tell-us-about-our-past-and-future","title":"Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Future","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e10 Best Books of the Year \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist \u003cb\u003e- \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA timely exploration of what Shakespeare's plays reveal about our divided land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In this sprightly and enthralling book . . . Shapiro amply demonstrates [that] for Americans the politics of Shakespeare are not confined to the public realm, but have enormous relevance in the sphere of private life.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 scholar James Shapiro traces the unparalleled role of Shakespeare's four-hundred-year-old tragedies and comedies in illuminating the many concerns on which American identity has turned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Abraham Lincoln's and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth's, competing Shakespeare obsessions to the 2017 controversy over the staging of \u003ci\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e in Central Park, in which a Trump-like leader is assassinated, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in a Divided America\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how no writer has been more embraced, more weaponized, or has shed more light on the hot-button issues in our history.\r","brand":"James Shapiro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44447406850284,"sku":"9780525522317","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780525522317.jpg?v=1719651478","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/shakespeare-in-a-divided-america-what-his-plays-tell-us-about-our-past-and-future","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}