Frank Kermode

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The Age of Shakespeare
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The Age of Shakespeare
  • By: Frank Kermode
  • Narrator: Frank Kermode
  • Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
  • Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
  • Publish date: January 14, 2008
  • Language: English
  • (191 ratings)
(191 ratings)
Britain’s most esteemed scholar of 16th and 17th century literature, Frank Kermode is also a noted author and professor. In this Modern Library Chronicle, he uses the context of the Elizabethan Era to link each of Shakespeare’s plays to... Read more

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