Shakespeare studies & criticism books

This fascinating collection of original essays show how writer's efforts to intimate, contradict, compete with,...  Read More >>

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It brings together recent scholarship on the social history, contemporary reading, and institutions and material...  Read More >>

This collection of essays shows how writers' efforts to intimate, contradict, compete with and reproduce Shakespeare...  Read More >>

In commentaries on Shakespeare's 154 sonnets, Vendler reveals features of the poems, pointing out not only new levels...  Read More >>

The film ""Shakespeare in Love"" reflected the complex and sometimes contradictory expressions of love in Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

A collection of commentary and primary documents on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.  Read More >>

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In this volume, the Introduction describes the critical response to A Midsummer Night's Dream from around 1598 to...  Read More >>

This is one in a series of volumes aimed at both students and teachers. It provides chronologically arranged excerpts...  Read More >>

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First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Written for the specific needs of advanced level and undergraduate students of English literature, this study guide...  Read More >>

Legendary lovers come to dramatic life in Shakespeare's gripping tragedy about the conflict of love and duty. Brilliant...  Read More >>

Harold Bloom, the doyen of American literary critics and author of The Western Canon, has spent a professional lifetime...  Read More >>

In this text, the author Philippa Berry rewrites critical perceptions of death in Shakespeare's tragedies from a...  Read More >>

In this text, the author Philippa Berry rewrites critical perceptions of death in Shakespeare's tragedies from a...  Read More >>

It shows how actors, directors and playgoers have responded to the demands of 'historical' constraints (and unexpected...  Read More >>

This edition situates ""The Tempest"" at the centre of changing cultural attitudes towards colonialism, power politics...  Read More >>

This edition situates ""The Tempest"" at the centre of changing cultural attitudes towards colonialism, power politics...  Read More >>

Responding to the theoretical initiatives of the last twenty years this book compellingly restores Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

This study desribes ""Othello's"" design and effects in a way that accounts for its power to engage the interests...  Read More >>