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1. England in the Age of Shakespeare focuses on Shakespeare's plays (not the poetry) and explores everything from everyday life to the political, scientific, and religious climate of the era. 2. The topics covered are of perennial interest both in schools as well as for general audiences interested in learning more about what real life was like in Elizabethan England. Author Jeremy Black is a master of the sweeping introduction written for a general audience. 3. This book would be ideal for use in high school or college course adoption. The language throughout is aimed at a general reader, the pacing is quick, and the content is not loaded down with too many footnotes or academic digressions.

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PublisherIndiana University Press

ISBN-100253042313

ISBN-139780253042316

eBay Product ID (ePID)14038296473

Product Key Features

Book TitleEngland in the Age of Shakespeare

Number of Pages428 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

TopicShakespeare, Europe / Great Britain / General, Customs & Traditions, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Modern / 17th Century

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, History, Literary Collections, Social Science

AuthorJeremy Black

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight20 oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2019-012150, Pr2910.B53 2019

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"The traces of the past are everywhere visible in the England of Jeremy Black's compendious new guide, England in the Age of Shakespeare . . . . Black attempts to capture a sense of early modern mentality: the average English person's worldview, the religious leanings of a multiply converted populace, the extent of the continuing faith in white and black magic. It is an inevitably fractured and overlapping picture, and Black is right to point out that the 'tensions and rift lines' visible in Elizabethan and Jacobean popular culture 'reflected the ambiguities and confusions of contemporary thought' (12-13). . . . This is a work of history not dramatic criticism, and . . . Black makes up for it with his richness of detail about the sights and sounds of early modern England."--Will Tosh, Shakespeare's Globe, Journal of British Studies , reviewing a previous edition or volume, The traces of the past are everywhere visible in the England of Jeremy Black's compendious new guide, England in the Age of Shakespeare . . . . Black attempts to capture a sense of early modern mentality: the average English person's worldview, the religious leanings of a multiply converted populace, the extent of the continuing faith in white and black magic. It is an inevitably fractured and overlapping picture, and Black is right to point out that the 'tensions and rift lines' visible in Elizabethan and Jacobean popular culture 'reflected the ambiguities and confusions of contemporary thought' (12-13). . . . This is a work of history not dramatic criticism, and . . . Black makes up for it with his richness of detail about the sights and sounds of early modern England.

Grade fromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal822.3/3

Table of ContentPreface 1. The Imagination of the Age 2. The World of the Plays 3. A Dynamic Country 4. London 5. Narrating the Past: The History Plays 6. The Narrative of Politics 7. The Political Imagination 8. Social Conditions, Structures, and Assumptions 9. Health and Medicine 10. Cultural Trends 11. England and Europe 12. The Wider World: Locating Prospero 13. As We Like Him Selected Further Reading Index