By Jonathan Bate (author)
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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.
'Enlightening, moving' Sir Ian McKellen
Jonathan Bate CBE is Provost of Worcester College and Professor of English Literature at Oxford University. He is Vice-President of the British Academy, a Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and a 2014 judge for the Man Booker Prize.
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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?
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Mad About Shakespeare and determined it is suitable for children aged 15-18 years old
Mad About Shakespeare features in the following genres: Featured Books for Young Adults, People / Places, Educational: Drama and performance arts, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, Recommendations, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Educational: Arts, general, Educational material, Relating to specific and significant cultural interests, Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests, Interest qualifiers
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Mad About Shakespeare was written by Jonathan Bate and published by William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Mad About Shakespeare has 320 pages
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