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A year in the life of William Shakespeare, 1599
By Shapiro, James Allen
- ISBN
- 978-0-06008-873-6
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 15, 2005
This book is not your typical biography. Shapiro (English & comparative literature, Columbia Univ.; Shakespeare and the Jews ) offers a critical examination of four plays Shakespeare wrote in the seminal year of 1599-Henry V , Julius Caesar , As You Like It , and Hamlet -and of the events that influenced the Bard at the time of their writing. As Shapiro crit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
