Shakespeare studies & criticism books

The editor takes a broad look at the different meanings which have been attributed to ""King Henry V"", through...  Read More >>

""This edition has a very helpful introduction and good clear text, as well as the exceptionally excellent and detailed...  Read More >>

In the most comprehensive study yet of homosexuality in the English Renaissance, Bruce R. Smith examines and rejects...  Read More >>

The interpretative problem that haunts The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare's most performed and currently most controversial...  Read More >>

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REA's MAXnotes for William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet MAXnotes offers a comprehensive summary and analysis...  Read More >>

This book challenges previous accounts of Shakespeare's early life and works. Eric Sams presents a biographical...  Read More >>

Examines the distinctions in various Shakespeare plays between wild nature and subduing civilization and shows how...  Read More >>

Hamlet has always been the most popular of Shakespeare's plays in Japan. This is a collection of critical essays...  Read More >>

This book surveys Shakespeare's comedies, charting the influence upon them of the ancient playwrights, Plautus and...  Read More >>

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Written from the premise that to know Shakespeare's world is to better understand his work, this book presents the...  Read More >>

This work uncovers a carefully kept 400-year-old secret. The story that the 154 autobiographical sonnets reflect,...  Read More >>

This work uncovers a carefully kept 400-year-old secret. The story that the 154 autobiographical sonnets reflect,...  Read More >>

In this work, six Shakespeare scholars and critics (Helen Vendler, R.A. Faokes, Leah Marcus, John Wilders, Patricia...  Read More >>

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Arranged in an eminently browsable format, this wide-ranging compendium of Shakespearean lore is comprised of tips...  Read More >>

Shakespearean comedy has as much to do with the structure and movement of the drama as with the wit of its dialogue...  Read More >>

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This is the first comprehensive account of the relationship between Shakespeare and his favourite poet, Ovid. Examining...  Read More >>

Set in Ancient Rome, this play remains a gripping psychological study of the relationship between personality and...  Read More >>

A study of Antony and Cleopatra. Michael Neil examines the sources and discusses the theatrical challenge presented...  Read More >>

Terence Hawkes’s concise but thorough sifting of King Lear offers a full exposition of its complex narrative and...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's problem plays present an unusually fertile field for Jungian tillage. Viewed through the lens of Jung's...  Read More >>