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The Shakespeare Guide to Italy

by Richard Paul Roe

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Shakespeare’s Italian settings examined on the ground

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    Praise from Sir Derek Jacobi

    Sir Derek Jacobi praises the book as exciting, original, and convincing, and calls it essential reading and a th...

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Shakespeare’s Italian settings examined on the ground

Richard Paul Roe traces the Italian locations named in ten Shakespeare plays, pairing a three-decade investigation with travel through places including Verona, Venice, and Messina. Supported by more than 150 images, the book treats these settings not simply as dramatic scenery but as evidence in a larger inquiry into Shakespeare’s familiarity with Italy and the authorship questions Roe connects to that knowledge. It sits at the intersection of literary geography, travel writing, and Shakespearean debate, presenting the author’s case through close attention to real landscapes and local details.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Shakespeare readers interested in the Italian settings of the plays
  • Travel and literary-geography enthusiasts
  • Readers curious about debates surrounding Shakespeare’s authorship

Themes

Shakespeare’s ItalyLiterary geographyTravel and placeAuthorship debateVerona, Venice, and Messina

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Book overview

"Exciting, original, and convincing. . . . This book is essential reading for all concerned with who really wrote the works of Shakespeare. A thrilling journey of discovery." --Sir Derek Jacobi, Shakespearean actor, Associate Artist, Royal Shakespeare Company

Equal parts literary detective story and vivid travelogue, The Shakespeare Guide to Italychronicles author Richard Paul Roe's thirty-year quest to find the locations in which Shakespeare set his ten Italian plays--delivering a text which will forever change our understanding of how to read the Bard of Avon and irrevocably alter our vision of who William Shakespeare really was.

More than 150 images illustrate and enhance Roe's captivating narrative, illuminating his lifelong journey and shining a light into the depths of Shakespeare's experiences in Italy. Until now, Shakespeare's use of Italian backdrops--Romeo and Juliet's Verona, Othello's Venice, Much Ado About Nothing's Messina, to name a few--has been the source of controversy and conjecture. With The Shakespeare Guide to Italy, Roe's meticulous study reveals the secrets that have eluded scholars for centuries.

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