Shakespeare is all around us. From nightclubs to Broadway musicals, in voting booths in the American South and the trees of Central Park -- William Shakespeare's literary power is so intense and widespread that it intrudes into the material world. Esquire columnist Stephen Marche takes us on a delightful tour through the continuous stream of Shakespeare's influence, summoning up the Bard in the most unexpected places: - In 1890, as part of a plan to introduce every bird mentioned by Shakespeare to North America, Eugene ...
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Shakespeare is all around us. From nightclubs to Broadway musicals, in voting booths in the American South and the trees of Central Park -- William Shakespeare's literary power is so intense and widespread that it intrudes into the material world. Esquire columnist Stephen Marche takes us on a delightful tour through the continuous stream of Shakespeare's influence, summoning up the Bard in the most unexpected places: - In 1890, as part of a plan to introduce every bird mentioned by Shakespeare to North America, Eugene Shieffelin imported and released a bunch of pesky starlings into New York's Central Park. - The Nazi Party issued a pamphlet entitled "Shakespeare--a Germanic Writer," and in 1936 there were more productions of Shakespeare in Germany than in the rest of the world combined. - Shakespeare coined approximately 1,700 words, including lacklustre , fashionable , auspicious , bandit , glow , hush , dawn , gnarled , hobnob , traditional , and the name Jessica. - In 1930, Paul Robeson became the first black actor to play the part of Othello in England after being rejected for the role in the United States Robeson famously said of his performance, "Othello has made me free."
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Add this copy of How Shakespeare Changed Everything to cart. $6.34, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1443406503. Light edge and tip wear. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; 7.3 X 5.2 X 1.0 inches; 224 pages.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 12mo-over 6æ"-7æ" tall. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 203 pages. First Canadian edition. No previous ownership marks. An clever and assuming collection of factoids, anecdotes and etymological detective work pointing out that our modern day world would be bereft of all that makes life worthwhile had Shakespeare never existed. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.
