{"product_id":"shakespeare-in-a-divided-america-what-his-plays-tell-us-about-our-past-and-future-9780525522317","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Shapiro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525522317","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42707420709001,"sku":"9780525522317","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_0c94f728-55a5-4fad-8e18-154c356f0959.jpg?v=1719485599","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/shakespeare-in-a-divided-america-what-his-plays-tell-us-about-our-past-and-future-9780525522317","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}