Shakespeare studies & criticism books

With stunningly original illustrations by Kevin Watts, The Awakening of Man Hamlet is psychological commentary at...  Read More >>

A collector's edition of Shakespeare's wonderful Sonnets, based on the Arden Shakespeare edition. All 154 sonnets...  Read More >>

Each volume of Short Stories for Students contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary...  Read More >>

"This poem tells the story of a young women lamenting her love for a man who once charmed and abandoned her. As...  Read More >>

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Shakespeare and the Victorians explores the place of Shakespeare in Victorian culture, and shows how the plays and...  Read More >>

Thomas Moisan has added an account of recent developments in criticism and production.  Read More >>

Combining reality and magic, Shakespeare creates an uncanny but morally coherent world through the The Tempest's...  Read More >>

Shakespeare and the Victorians explores the place of Shakespeare in Victorian culture, and shows how the plays and...  Read More >>

This collected wisdom was originally published in 1986. It contains pieces of commentary from as far back as the...  Read More >>

Lucy Munro presents a wide-ranging study of literary style, exploring the conscious use of archaic language by poets...  Read More >>

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First Published in 1919. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Analysing six Greek tragedies and Hamlet, this book also contains a chapter on the Greek and the Elizabethan dramatic...  Read More >>

This text emphasizes Hamlet's fantasies and imaginations rather than ethical criteria and the depiction of Hamlet...  Read More >>

What do audiences do as they watch a Shakespearean play? It surveys some of the most influential ideas about spectatorship...  Read More >>

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Reading Shakespeare through Philosophy advocates that the beauty of Shakespearean drama is inseparable from its...  Read More >>

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Revisiting The Tempest offers a lively reconsideration of how The Tempest encourages interpretation and creative...  Read More >>

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Many people today first encounter staged Shakespeare in an open-air setting. In Australia, picnic Shakespeares seem...  Read More >>

Frances E. Dolan examines the puzzling pronouns and puns, the love poetry, mischief, and disguises of Twelfth Night,...  Read More >>