TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shapiro,James S.
TI  - Shakespeare in a divided America : : what his plays tell us about our past and future 
SN  - 9780525522317 (paperback)
AV  - PR 2971 S529s 2021
U1  - 822.3/3 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Press
KW  - Shakespeare, William,
KW  - Shakespeare, William, 
KW  - Literature and society
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Literatura y sociedad
KW  - Theater and society
KW  - Teatro y sociedad
KW  - Politics and literature
KW  - Política y literatura
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-270) and index; Chapter 1. 1833 : Miscegenation -- Chapter 2. 1845: Manifest Destiny -- Chapter 3. 1949: Class Warfare -- Chapter 4. 1865: Assassination -- Chapter 5. 1916: Immigration --Chapter 6. 1948:  Marriage -- Chapter 6. 1998: Adultery and Same-Sex Love
N2  - Shapiro traces Shakespeare's formative and crucial role in our nation's history and contends that few writers or artists can shed as much light on the hot-button issues of American life--such as immigration, same-sex love, political violence, and class warfare--and that by better understanding the role of Shakespeare's plays in American history we might take steps towards mending our bitterly divided land"--
ER  -