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Author: Stanley Wells (Honorary President, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.60cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 22.20cm
Weight: 0.506kg
ISBN: 9780199578597
ISBN 10: 0199578591
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 08 April 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
`This eloquent, humane and balanced book wears its erudition lightly. In doing so it rescues its subject from the overbearing weight of cultural, political and theoretical baggage with which it has often been loaded in the past few decades.' Rob Maslen, TLS `Well's subtly and systematically illuminates Shakespeare's acknowledgement of the glory and horror of what it is to be fully human.' Simon Callow, The Guardian `Concise and elegantly written book.' Simon Callow, The Guardian `Advance Praise: 'From bawdy and bed-tricks to same-sex love and the pangs of sexual jealousy, Shakespeare, Sex, and Love offers a magisterial account--by the leading Shakespeare authority of our day--of the subject at the very heart of the plays and poems. Its also a terrific read.' James Shapiro, author of 1599
Well-paced and informative book. John Stubbs, Literary Review [He] captures a great deal of the diversity and freshness of Shakespeare's writing. John Stubbs, Literary Review, He is an expert and highly readable guide to the highways and byways of Shakespearean sexuality. Charles Nicholl, Financial Times This is not a long book, but it draws on Well's decades of close-focus research as a Shakespeare scholar and editor. Charles Nicholl, Financial Times Deeply versed in the period, urbane and unflappable in tone, refreshingly free of ideological agendas. Charles Nicholl, Financial Times Wells is an expert modern guide in terms of literary criticism and biography. The Times
Author Information
Stanley Wells, described by Roy Hattersley as 'Our greatest authority on Shakespeare's life and work', is Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies of the University of Birmingham, and Honorary Emeritus Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Professor Wells has an extensive record of publications, mostly concerned with Shakespeare and his contemporaries. He was for nearly twenty years the editor of the annual Shakespeare Survey, and writes for the TLS and many other publications. He has edited The New Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare Studies and is General Editor (with Gary Taylor) of The Complete Oxford Shakespeare and co-author of William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion. His recent books include Shakespeare in the Theatre: An Anthology of Criticism; The Oxford Dictionary of Shakespeare; Looking for Sex in Shakespeare, and Is It True What They Say About Shakespeare?
