Shakespeare studies & criticism books

Shakespeare's plays have been adapted or rewritten in various ways since the seventeenth century. This anthology...  Read More >>

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Philosophical Shakespeare's focuses on and encourages the growing dissolution of boundaries between literature and...  Read More >>

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This innovative edition offers modernized texts not only of the 1599 quarto but also of the short, or 'bad', quarto...  Read More >>

William Shakespeare comes alive for students with these engaging activities. A complete historical background, an...  Read More >>

Shakespeare: the Basics aims to demystify Shakespeare's plays for the beginning reader. It is a reference source...  Read More >>

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Explores a range of formal, technical, historical, rhetorical and artistic issues, while maintaining regard for...  Read More >>

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This book explores the pattern and significance of biblical references in relation to a selection of Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

""Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres"" is about the plays as they were first staged. It explains how the layout...  Read More >>

This account explores Shakespeare's impact across Eastern Europe. It describes his influence on Russian literature...  Read More >>

Danson's guide to the kinds of Shakespearian drama provides a history of genre-theory in Shakespeare's day, an overview...  Read More >>

""Shakespeare in the Theatre"" offers a collection of reviews of Shakespeare in performance from early times to...  Read More >>

’No one of Shakespeare’s plays is harder to characterize’, said Coleridge of Troilus and Cressida. Over the centuries,...  Read More >>

The bewitching tale of Prospero, an old magician, and his daughter, who live on an enchanted island. A shipwreck...  Read More >>

'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated...  Read More >>

In this analysis, the critic John Jones explores the critical and dramatic significance of Shakespeare's revisions....  Read More >>

Moving adroitly between historical context and modern critical problems, this study explores the intertwining of...  Read More >>

A vision of character, metaphor, and politics in late Shakespeare. It analyses Shakespeare's use of language and...  Read More >>

Cloth Edition. This book discusses fifteen plays, addressing Shakespeare's experimentation, the power and intelligence...  Read More >>

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Catherine Belsey treats Shakespeare's plays as the location of cultural history rather than as isolated works of...  Read More >>

Essays on Shakespeare and His Contemporaries.  Read More >>