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“This is a book that I wouldn’t expect anybody to read from cover to cover. But if you wanted to look at this whole international, trans-historical issue of how Shakespeare went from being a glover’s son in a one-horse town, Stratford-upon-Avon, to being probably the most globally recognized author of all time, it traces some of those tracks.” Read more...
The best books on Shakespeare’s Reception
Emma Smith, Literary Scholar
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Reinventing Shakespeare: A Cultural History, from the Restoration to the Present
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