Shakespeare studies & criticism books

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A comprehensive critical analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors. This...  Read More >>

Ranging from Garrick's Macbeth in the 1740s to the World Shakespeare Festival in 2012, this is an engaging account...  Read More >>

An excerpt from the Introduction: Critical. It will hardly, I conceive, be demanded that one who has made...  Read More >>

Charting the ruthless rise and fall of the villainous king, Richard III remains one of Shakespeare's most enduringly...  Read More >>

The essays comprising the special section of The Shakespearean International Yearbook, Volume 13 demonstrates the...  Read More >>

In 1586 a book about letter writing called The English Secretary burst upon England as a best seller that defined...  Read More >>

Presents an account of the rise and fall of Purgatory as both a belief and a lucrative institution - as well as...  Read More >>

Shedding much-needed light on one of Shakespeare’s most intriguing and significant plays, this book features contributions...  Read More >>

An excerpt from the PREFACE: All the corrections of erroneous passages that I have ventured to make, will be found...  Read More >>

An excerpt from the PREFACE: The series of which this volume is the third may be said to have three objects: First,...  Read More >>

An excerpt from the Introduction: The allegory of 'Othello' is indeed the tragedy of the Sacrament. It was not...  Read More >>

Examines the historic and religious context surrounding the work of William Shakespeare.  Read More >>

Examining the commonalities and differences in addressing a notionally 'Celtic' Shakespeare, this collection brings...  Read More >>

Shakespeare and the Spanish Comedia examines masterpieces of early modern English and Spanish theater with attention...  Read More >>

Looking at some of the Shakespearean comedies, author John Vyvyan suggests they express a consistent, profoundly...  Read More >>

This informative volume explores William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream through the lens of sexuality....  Read More >>

Did Shakespeare really join John Fletcher to write Cardenio, a lost play based on Don Quixote? With an emphasis...  Read More >>

Exploring the network of social, political and spiritual connections in north west England during Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

A polemical attack on the ways recent Shakespeare biographers have disguised their lack of information  Read More >>

This informative volume explores William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream through the lens of sexuality....  Read More >>

""Explores the rise of the idea of nothing in Western modernity and how this idea is transforming and offering new...  Read More >>

Did Shakespeare really join John Fletcher to write Cardenio, a lost play based on Don Quixote? With an emphasis...  Read More >>

This study emerges from an interdisciplinary conversation about the theory of translation and the role of foreign...  Read More >>

William Shakespeare, more than any other author, was able to capture the essence of human nature in all its manifestations....  Read More >>