How Shakespeare changed everything /
Marche, Stephen.
New York : Harper,
c2011.
Nearly four hundred years after his death, Shakespeare permeates our everyday lives: from the words we speak to the teenage heartthrobs we worship to the political rhetoric spewed by the twenty-four-hour news cycle. Stephen Marche has cherry-picked the sweetest and most savory historical footnotes from Shakespeare's work and life to create this unique celebration of the greatest writer of all time.
Includes bibliographical references.
The Fortunes of the Moor -- Words, Words, Words -- The Beast with Two Backs -- Flaming Youth -- All Honorable Men -- To Hold the Mirror Up to Nature -- Give Me My Robe, Put On My Crown -- Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments -- A King of Infinite Space -- To Be or Not to Be.
Nearly four hundred years after his death, Shakespeare permeates our everyday lives: from the words we speak to the teenage heartthrobs we worship to the political rhetoric spewed by the twenty-four-hour news cycle. Stephen Marche has cherry-picked the sweetest and most savory historical footnotes from Shakespeare's work and life to create this unique celebration of the greatest writer of all time.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616