James Shapiro

James Shapiro appears in the following:

How Shakespeare Became an American Icon

Friday, July 16, 2021

What the Bard can teach us about what it means to be American.

How Shakespeare Became an American Hero

Friday, November 27, 2020

Lessons the Bard can teach us about what it means to be American.

'Shakespeare in a Divided America'

Friday, March 13, 2020

English professor at Columbia University, James Shapiro, discusses his new book, Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future.

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Our Shakespeare, Ourselves

Friday, December 30, 2016

How the fight over the true identity of William Shakespeare reflects shifting perceptions of culture, class, genius, art, and... ourselves. 

Our Shakespeare, Ourselves

Friday, April 22, 2016

How the fight over the true identity of William Shakespeare reflects shifting perceptions of culture, class, genius, art, and... ourselves. 

Got Writer's Block? Productivity Tips From Shakespeare

Friday, November 27, 2015

At age forty-two, Shakespeare came out of a writer's block and finished a play—King Lear— and then wrote two other great tragedies: Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra.

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Modern Shakespeare

Friday, October 23, 2015

A look at modern reinventions of Shakespeare, like translating his plays into today's vernacular or casting all-female actors.

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Got Writer's Block? Productivity Tips From Shakespeare

Monday, October 19, 2015

At age forty-two, Shakespeare came out of a writer's block and finished a play—King Lear— and then wrote two other great tragedies: Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra.

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Shakespeare in America

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro reveals the ways Shakespeare has influenced the United States’ literary heritage. His anthology Shakespeare in America reveals how, for over two centuries, the plays have been a prism through which crucial American issues—revolution, slavery, war, social justice—were debated and understood. American statesmen and presidents from John Adams to Bill Clinton offer their own testimonies to Shakespeare’s profound and enduring influence.

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Blood

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The metaphor, magic, and money coursing through our veins...

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If You Prick Us ...

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Few things have such power over us as blood.

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“Shakespeare: The King’s Man”

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

James Shapiro talks about his documentary “Shakespeare: The King’s Man,” and reveals little known details about Shakespeare’s life and work.

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Guest Picks: James Shapiro

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro was on the Leonard Lopate Show recently to talk about his documentary, "Shakespeare: The King's Man." He also told us what he's been reading recently -- aside from the Bard's plays.

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The Bad Show

Monday, January 09, 2012

We wrestle with the dark side of human nature, and ask whether it's something we can ever really understand, or fully escape.

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Why are bad guys bad?

Monday, January 09, 2012

When we talk about badness and human nature, we keep smacking into a persistent problem: how do you explain cruelty? James Shapiro, professor of English at Columbia University, zeroes in on the drama of this question with a maddening insight from Shakespeare, by way of the villainous Iago.

And that ...

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Words that Change the World

Monday, August 09, 2010

Meet a man who grew up without language.

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Words

Monday, August 09, 2010

It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without words, but in this hour we try to do just that.

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Contested Will

Monday, April 19, 2010

Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him, and examines the history of the controversy, what it means, why it matters, and how it has persisted.

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