{"product_id":"this-is-shakespeare-9781524748548","title":"This Is Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn electrifying new study that investigates the challenges of the Bards inconsistencies and flaws  and focuses on revealingnot resolvingthe ambiguities of the plays and their changing topicality  A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no other. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision  originality  and literary mastery. A man who wrote like an angel  putting it all so much better than anyone else. Is this Shakespeare? Well  sort of. But it doesnt tell us the whole truth. So much of what we say about Shakespeare is either not true  or just not relevant.  In This Is Shakespeare  Emma Smithan intellectually  theatrically  and ethically exciting writertakes us into a world of politicking and copycatting  as we watch Shakespeare emulating the blockbusters of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd (the Spielberg and Tarantino of their day)  flirting with and skirting around the cutthroat issues of succession politics  religious upheaval  and technological change. Smith writes in strikingly modern ways about individual agency  privacy  politics  celebrity  and sex. Instead of offering the answers  the Shakespeare she reveals poses awkward questions  always inviting the reader to ponder ambiguities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972937547829,"sku":"ByrdShop_1524748544","price":41.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781524748548.jpg?v=1794630063","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/this-is-shakespeare-9781524748548","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}