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Shakespeare's themes transcend time and place; though they do not dwell in our age...these characters and their plights continue to speak to our own hopes, desires, and experiences... This text is rich with historical context, as well as analyses of the English language and the social and literary worlds in which Shakespeare dwelled. This text is a must-have for any school library; accessible for students, librarians, and teachers alike, it provides far more than a simple overview of the writer and his work. In fact, it provides detailed histories and summaries of his major works and poems, including lists of characters, depictions of family trees, and analyses of dominant imagery, motifs, themes, and related quotes... Further, the entire text is beautifully constructed with thick, glossy pages and numerous illustrations, classical artwork, photographs, and stills from film adaptations and plays. The encyclopedia is both intellectually and aesthetically pleasing.--Courtney Huse Wika VOYA (01/01/2010)

Should prove helpful for those coming to Shakespeare for the first time or for those who know him already.--Christopher Baker American Reference Books Annual (01/01/2009)

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<p>A.D. Cousins, a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a member of the Order of Australia, has been a visiting adjunct professor at the Renaissance Studies Center at the University of Massachussetts, a visiting scholar at Princeton and at Penn State, and a library fellow at the library of the University of Wisconsin- Madison, where he was also an honorary fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities. He has published eight books, including monographs on Shakespeare's non-dramatic verse.

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