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Mad About Shakespeare From Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room

$28.43

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Author: Jonathan Bate

‘A startlingly original journey into the soul of Shakespeare by one of his greatest living interpreters’ Sir Anthony Seldon From the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how his themes can untangle comedy and tragedy, learning and loving in our modern lives. 'The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.' How does one survive the death of a loved one, the mess of war, the experience of being schooled, of falling in love, of growing old, of losing your mind? Shakespeare's world is never too far different from our own 'permeated with the same tragedies, the same existential questions and domestic worries. In this extraordinary book, Jonathan Bate brings then and now together. He investigates moments of his own life - losses and challenges - and asks whether, if you persevere with Shakespeare, he can offer a word of wisdom or a human insight for any time or any crisis. Along the way we meet actors such as Judi Dench and Simon Callow, and writers such as Dr Johnson, John Keats, Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath, who turned to Shakespeare in their own dark times. This is a personal story about loss, the black dog of depression, unexpected journeys and the very human things that echo through time, resonating with us all at one point or another.
ISBN: 9780008167462
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: William Collins
Published date:
DEWEY: 822.33
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 440
Weight: 550g
Height: 164mm
Width: 241mm
Spine width: 31mm

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