Mapping Shakespeare: An exploration of Shakespeare’s worlds through maps - Hardcover

Black, Jeremy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844865177 ISBN 13: 9781844865178

Publisher: Conway, 2018

Synopsis

This visual exploration of the time in which William Shakespeare lived is filled with jaw-dropping facts and observations. It considers what The Bard was like as a man and covers the cultural changes that took place during his lifetime - 1564-1616.

From the time of the Tudors to Elizabeth I's reign and the first of the Stuart kings, this book reflects the political changes that were reflected in his works and explains how he worked through maps and illustrations to look at how powerful people viewed their positions in the world.

Author Jeremy Black also explores the locations of Shakespeare's plays and examines the reasons why he chose to set them in these locations.

About this title

Product Description:

William Shakespeare's lifetime (1564-1616) spanned the reigns of the last of the Tudors, Elizabeth I and the first of the Stuart kings, James I and the changing times and political mores of the time were reflected through his plays.
This beautiful new book looks at the England in which Shakespeare worked through maps and illustrations that reveal the way that he and his contemporaries saw their land and their place in the world.
It also explores the locations of his plays and looks at the possible inspirations for these and why Shakespeare would have chosen to set his stories there.

Book Description:

An exploration through maps of the land and time in which Shakespeare wrote.

About this edition

• Publisher: Conway
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1844865177
• ISBN 13: 9781844865178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192