Internationally acclaimed Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro presents a first-of-its-kind anthology tracing the rich and surprising story of how Americans made the Bard their own. Through poetry, fiction, essays, plays, memoirs, songs, speeches, letters, movie reviews and comedy routines, Shakespeare's legacy in the U.S is collected here. Contributions come from a remarkable range of American writers and statesmen, from Emerson, Melville, Lincoln and Twain to John Berryman, Cynthia Ozick and Bill Clinton (who wrote a foreword).
| ISBN: | 9781598534627 |
| Publication date: | 14th January 2016 |
| Author: | James Shapiro |
| Publisher: | The Library of America an imprint of Penguin Random House Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 736 pages |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism |