{"product_id":"how-the-classics-made-shakespeare-by-jonathan-bate-9780691210148","title":"How the Classics Made Shakespeare","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBen Jonson famously accused Shakespeare of having 'small Latin and less Greek.' But he was exaggerating. Shakespeare was steeped in the classics. Shaped by his grammar school education in Roman literature, history, and rhetoric, he moved to London, a city that modelled itself on ancient Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe worked in a theatrical profession that had inherited the conventions and forms of classical drama, and he read deeply in Ovid, Virgil, and Seneca.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a book that combines stylistic brilliance, accessibility, and extraordinary range, acclaimed literary critic and biographer Jonathan Bate, one of the world's leading authorities on Shakespeare, offers groundbreaking insights into how, perhaps more than any other influence, the classics made Shakespeare the writer he became.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow the Classics Made Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the profound impact of Roman literature and thought in shaping Shakespeare's work and legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47558929350892,"sku":"9780691210148","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691210148-how-the-classics-made-shakespeare.jpg?v=1776922869","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/how-the-classics-made-shakespeare-by-jonathan-bate-9780691210148","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}