{"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":"One of the New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year • A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • A New York Times Notable Book\n\nA timely exploration of what Shakespeare’s plays reveal about our divided land.\n\n“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.” —The Guardian (London)\n\nThe 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.\n\nFrom Abraham Lincoln’s and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth’s, competing Shakespeare obsessions to the 2017 controversy over the staging of Julius Caesar in Central Park, in which a Trump-like leader is assassinated, Shakespeare in a Divided America reveals how no writer has been more embraced, more weaponized, or has shed more light on the hot-button issues in our history.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0525522298\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKGU9006TQQ_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Shapiro, James\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41446809894970,"sku":"4EKGU9006TQQ_ns","price":6.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0525522298-0.jpg?v=1780707688","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/shakespeare-in-a-divided-america-what-his-plays-tell-us-about-our-past-and-future","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}