{"product_id":"9780061965548","title":"How Shakespeare Changed Everything","description":"Did you know the name Jessica was first used in \"The Merchant of Venice\"? Or that Freud's idea of a healthy sex life came from Shakespeake? Nearly four hundred years after his death, Shakespeare permeates our everyday lives: from the words we speak to the teenage heartthrobs we worship to the political rhetoric spewed by the twenty-four-hour news cycle. In the pages of this wickedly clever little book, \"Esquire\" columnist Stephen Marche uncovers the hidden influence of Shakespeare in our culture, including these fascinating tidbits: Shakespeare coined over 1,700 words, including hobnob, glow, lackluster, and dawn; Paul Robeson's 1943 performance as \"Othello on Broadway\" was a seminal moment in black history; Tolstoy wrote an entire book about Shakespeare's failures as a writer; in 1936, the Nazi Party tried to claim Shakespeare as a Germanic writer; without Shakespeare, the book titles \"Infinite Jest\", \"The Sound and the Fury\", and \"Brave New World\" wouldn't exist. Stephen Marche has cherry-picked the sweetest and most savory historical footnotes from Shakespeare's work and life to create this unique celebration of the greatest writer of all time.","brand":"Stephen Marche","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45717519040830,"sku":"9780061965548","price":495.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780061965548_0216abdc-b1fc-4181-85fc-9aea2b130260.jpg?v=1707209829","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780061965548","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}