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John Gross (au). This anthology draws on a vast literature which shows the enormous impact Shakespeare has had on our cultural life. Novelists, poets, & playwrights are all represented, as are philosophers, historians, composers, filmmakers, & politicians. Among those inspired by Shakespeare are: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Aldous Huxley, Emily Dickinson, John Updike, Duke Ellington, Vladimir Nabokov, James Joyce, Anthony Burgess, & John Osborne. Jean-Paul Sartre proves an unexpectedly expert commentator on “King Lear,” while Alfred Dreyfus & Nelson Mandela console themselves with Shakespeare during their imprisonment. We can see Shakespeare changing lives, opening up fresh horizons, & reaching out to ‘the great globe itself’.
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