{"product_id":"burning-shakespeare-hardcover","title":"Burning Shakespeare - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. J. Hartley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Part Connie Willis time-travel, part Douglas Adams whimsy, part Julie Schumacher academic satire, with a refreshing touch of Key \u0026amp; Peele, \u003cem\u003eBurning Shakespeare \u003c\/em\u003eis also a clear-eyed assessment of what we love -- and hate -- about Shakespeare.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eSujata Iyengar, author of \u003cem\u003eShades of Difference: Mythologies of Skin Color and Race in Early Modern England\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShakespeare's Medical Language\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr, \"Funnier than \u003cem\u003eTimon of Athens\u003c\/em\u003e, sadder than \u003cem\u003eAs You Like It, Burning Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e fantasizes a world in which all of Shakespeare's plays come perilously close to joining the library of the lost.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Menzer, Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Mary Baldwin University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If in some parallel universe Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman had collaborated with A.C. Bradley, they might imaginably have come up with a novel both as funny and as intellectually exciting as A.J. Hartley's \u003cem\u003eBurning Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e. But I doubt it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor Michael Dobson, Director of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-Upon-Avon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShakespeare's works are being wiped from history - and only a group of ill-assorted dead people can save them! This whimsical romp from now to Shakespeare's day, via Hell, wears its learning lightly, but is as illuminating as funny. Highly recommended!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTiffany Stern Fellow of the British Academy, General Editor, \u003cem\u003eArden Shakespeare: 4\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beelzebub, Belial, Shakespeare, and the academy: what could go wrong? \u003cem\u003eBurning Shakespeare \u003c\/em\u003edoes just what novels featuring Shakespeare fail to do, taking readers on a wild, witty, sometimes even poignant ride, leaving us with the faint scent of brimstone, too.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eW. B. Worthen, Alice Brady Pels Professor in the Arts, Barnard College, Columbia University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I have met many who didn't \u003cem\u003elike \u003c\/em\u003eShakespeare but never someone who hated his work enough to destroy all trace of it. AJ Hartley's novel about someone who loathed Shakespeare that much is smart, funny and action-packed. It's also far more enjoyable than most people seem to suppose Shakespeare's plays are.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Holland, Chair, International Shakespeare Association\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow would the world look without the influence of Shakespeare pervading so many aspects of life and culture and belief?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a race against time, with the fate of lives and souls hanging in the balance, the forces of good and evil battle to save or destroy Shakespeare's works. Which side works to which end? That is the question, isn't it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWould we be better off without \u003cem\u003eRomeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, \u003c\/em\u003eand the others, or would the safety valve that theatrical expression provides back up into an explosion of apocalyptic proportions? Follow the cast of this tale--from university student to petty thief to talk show host--as they travel through time and space in \u003cem\u003eBurning Shakespeare.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 346\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47253259157753,"sku":"9781645541509","price":43.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/aHZ4SDR4NkRyY1N5Q09XOFR6eUVMUT09.webp?v=1768699838","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/burning-shakespeare-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}