Shakespeare is Hard, but so is Life - O'Toole, Fintan
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The works of Shakespeare have become staples of literature. They are everywhere, from our earlyschooling to the lecture rooms of academia, from classic theatre to modern adaptations in popularculture. But how well do we really know his plays?In this witty, iconoclastic book, the bestselling author Fintan Oâ¿Toole examines four of Shakespeareâ¿s most enduring tragedies: Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and King Lear. He shows how their tragic heroes have been over-simplified and moulded to fit restrictive, conservative values, and restores the true heart and spirit of the classics for a modern…mehr

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The works of Shakespeare have become staples of literature. They are everywhere, from our earlyschooling to the lecture rooms of academia, from classic theatre to modern adaptations in popularculture. But how well do we really know his plays?In this witty, iconoclastic book, the bestselling author Fintan Oâ¿Toole examines four of Shakespeareâ¿s most enduring tragedies: Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and King Lear. He shows how their tragic heroes have been over-simplified and moulded to fit restrictive, conservative values, and restores the true heart and spirit of the classics for a modern audience. 'I've never read a book like this before: it's challenging, irreverent and funny.' Roddy Doyle
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Fintan O'Toole is the bestselling author of We Don't Know Ourselves, Heroic Failure, Ship of Fools, A Traitor's Kiss, White Savage and other acclaimed books. He is a columnist for the Irish Times and advising editor of the New York Review of Books. He has received the Silvers-Dudley Prize for Journalism, the Orwell Prize and the European Press Prize.