Shakespeare studies & criticism books

Shakespeare, Spencer and the Matter of Britain examines the work of two of the most important English Renaissance...  Read More >>

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Presents a collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater. This book includes attacks...  Read More >>

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature.In...  Read More >>

In The Age of Shakespeare, Frank Kermode uses the history and culture of the Elizabethan era to enlighten us about...  Read More >>

The question of Shakespeare's Catholic contexts has occupied many scholars in recent years and this study brings...  Read More >>

Exile defines the Shakespearean canon, from The Two Gentlemen of Verona to The Two Noble Kinsmen. This book traces...  Read More >>

What might a self-conscious turn to formal analysis look like in Renaissance literary studies today, after theory...  Read More >>

What might a self-conscious turn to formal analysis look like in Renaissance literary studies today, after theory...  Read More >>

Uncovering connections of The Tempest with specific problems or advances of knowledge, this text shows that the...  Read More >>

The question of Shakespeare's Catholic contexts has occupied many scholars in recent years, and their growing body...  Read More >>

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This study argues for a dialogic understanding of Shakespeare's plays in performance relative to unresolved issues...  Read More >>

Shattering the myth that only the British can act Shakespeare, an acting coach presents a boldly American approach...  Read More >>

Victorian Shakespeare (Volume 1): Theatre, Drama, Performance ranges widely across the variety of Victorian theatrical...  Read More >>

What did the Victorians think of Shakespeare? The twelve essays gathered here offer some answers, through close...  Read More >>

These essays provide examples of feminist, new-historicist, cultural materialist, deconstructive, and post-colonial...  Read More >>

Beginning with a discussion of the play's textual history, this text then analyses the various contexts and sources...  Read More >>

This book aims to give an up-to-date account of Shakespeare's status at the start of the new millenium in scholarship,...  Read More >>

The plays, theme or focus of this volume includes: < ul>< i>< li> King John< li> Much Ado About Nothing< li> Timon...  Read More >>

The last decade of the 20th century proved to be the most fertile in the 100-year history of Shakespeare on film....  Read More >>

Shakespeare and The Nature of Women, first published in 1975, claimed that Shakespeare's plays offered a sustained...  Read More >>