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The Year of Lear

In this compelling book, preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro shows how the tumultuous events in England in 1606 affected Shakespeare and shaped the three great tragedies he wrote that year-King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra.

Author:

  • James Shapiro

Narrator:

  • Robert Fass

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 11 h 7 min

Language:

English

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  • Literature

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    James Shapiro

    James Shapiro is the Larry Miller Professor of English at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1985. He is the author of several books, including 1599 and Contested Will, and is the recipient of many awards and fellowships. Shapiro is a Governor of the Folger Shakespeare Library. He lives in New York with his wife and son.

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