The book, based on the premise that not only do Shakespeare’s plays always seem to “coincide with the times in which they are read, published, produced and discussed,” but that in a sense, Shakespeare writes us, like M.C. Even the word “Shakespeare” has been disconnected from the man, to mean a vast host of different interlocking things to different unconnected people, over a long span of time with no apparent diminishment. With Shakespeare, one is dealing in archetypes, mythology, science, politics, sex, psychology, pathology, symbolism and words, words, words.

Three hundred years, but she also explicates how the concepts embedded in the works are hardwired into our Anglo psyche. Not only has Garber ferreted out many obscure facts about the man and his times, the long history of his plays and how they have been produced and perceived over these In this readable, scholarly new book, she seeks to demonstrate how close to the cultural bone Shakespeare lies. Marjorie Garber is a Harvard University Professor of English whose love for all things Shakespearian can be readily guessed by her authorship of this book and an earlier work, One of the most repeated phrases in the American/English language is “catch a cold” – a phrase creatively invented by William Shakespeare, an English playwright who died in respectable poverty nearly 400 years ago. Yet…Shakespeare’s influence on us is pervasive. Now his works are seen as electives, part of an English survey class, perhaps, at university. A generation ago, Shakespeare was commonly taught in high schools. Bush, didn’t take any college courses on Shakespeare. Book review: Marjorie Garber's *Shakespeare and Modern Culture*Ĭlick here to read reviewer Alan Elsner's take on Shakespeare and Modern Culture.

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