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The Age of Shakespeare by Frank Kermode

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The Age of Shakespeare

Author
Frank Kermode
Narrator
Paul Hecht
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Publish Date
14 January 2008
Run Time
5 hours 39 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
European history, Theatre studies, History of Performing Arts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights
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Britain's most esteemed scholar of 16th and 17th century literature, Frank Kermode is also a noted author and professor. In this Modern Library Chronicle, he uses the context of the Elizabethan Era to link each of Shakespeare's plays to their probable years of creation. By portraying the bard's England in terms of its society, economy, and arts, Kermode provides an invaluable guide to understanding Shakespeare's works. "Academics and common readers alike have much to learn from Kermode's illuminating and delectable study."-Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate

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Author
Frank Kermode
Narrator
Paul Hecht
Duration
5 hours 39 minutes
Release Date
14 January 2008
ISBN
9781440797675
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Genre
European history, Theatre studies, History of Performing Arts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights

Synopsis

Britain's most esteemed scholar of 16th and 17th century literature, Frank Kermode is also a noted author and professor. In this Modern Library Chronicle, he uses the context of the Elizabethan Era to link each of Shakespeare's plays to their probable years of creation. By portraying the bard's England in terms of its society, economy, and arts, Kermode provides an invaluable guide to understanding Shakespeare's works. "Academics and common readers alike have much to learn from Kermode's illuminating and delectable study."-Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate

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