A brief literary companion to solitude in modern classics for the self-isolated reader Published @ Scroll.in The Novel Reader by Vincent Van Gogh So little is known about Shakespeare that there are perhaps as many biographies of him as there are biographers. Scholars often read back into his life from either his plays or other extant reports of 16th century London life. One such was Columbia English professor James Shapiro’s powerful study: The Year of the Lear: Shakespeare in 1606, which has resurfaced recently. Why? Because 1606 was also the year of the plague. Shapiro writes:… By Sayandeb Chowdhury | Apr 5, 2020 | Tags: European literature, novel | Read More