Shakespeare Becoming Shakespeare, With Help From His Working-Class Peers

The title of Daniel Swift’s book “The Dream Factory,” about the creative and capitalist conditions of Elizabethan drama, ...
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Sir Walter Raleigh was Elizabethan England’s greatest adventurer—but when his fortunes changed, one fatal mistake led to his catastrophic downfall.

Sir Walter Raleigh was a fearless adventurer and famed explorer of the Elizabethan Age. He introduced tobacco to England, searched for the golden city of El Dorado, and enjoyed the favor of Queen ...