 Shakespeare’s genius is marked by his rare ability to appeal to theatergoers of all types  and  all levels of education. But for most modern folks, the Greek  and  Roman mythology  and  history, let alone the history of England  and  the geography of sixteenth-century Europe that his works are laden with, are hardly within grasp. Isaac Asimov comes to making obscure issues clear to the la Shakespeare’s genius is marked by his rare ability to appeal to theatergoers of all types  and  all levels of education. But for most modern folks, the Greek  and  Roman mythology  and  history, let alone the history of England  and  the geography of sixteenth-century Europe that his works are laden with, are hardly within grasp. Isaac Asimov comes to making obscure issues clear to the layperson, selects key passages from 38 of the great bard’s plays plus two of his narrative poems  and , with the help of beautifully rendered maps an figures, illuminates their historical  and  mythological background. [117]…more 

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