Shakespeare studies & criticism books

This edition of ""As You Like It"" is accompanied by an introduction which discusses the known history of the play's...  Read More >>

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Attempts to see Shakespeare both as a unique dramatist, and as an Englishman keenly sensitive to the profound changes,...  Read More >>

Presents an original reading of Shakespeare's tragedies ""Hamlet"", ""Othello"", ""King Lear"" and ""Macbeth""....  Read More >>

Beta Copley addresses three literary works with adolescence in mind: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado...  Read More >>

Richard III, Antony and Cleopatra, were significant figures before Shakespeare revitalized them on stage. When he...  Read More >>

An entirely fresh edition of Shakespeare in which the original documents have been re-examined in every detail and...  Read More >>

In this book, Derek Cohen studies the relationship of Shakespearean drama to the Western culture of violence. He...  Read More >>

Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the female protagonists in Shakespeare's plays with regard to their impact,...  Read More >>

Written by a leading Shakespeare scholar, this book is the first comprehensive account of the relationship between...  Read More >>

Steven Berkoff's account of his daily experiences directing the Shakespeare play ""Coriolanus"" in Munich, with...  Read More >>

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Although current theory has discredited the idea of a coherent, transcedent self, Shakespeare's characters still...  Read More >>

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This book is an attempt to explore Shakespearean drama from the vantage point of the oppressed, invisible, and silent...  Read More >>

Terence Hawkes looks at King Lear, Measure for Measure, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Coriolanus, as examples from...  Read More >>

From 1660 through approximately 1830, the alteration of Shakespearean texts to comply with contemporary dramaturgy...  Read More >>

  Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies were written in a remarkably short period of time, between 1598 and 1606....  Read More >>

The Making of the National Poet is the first extended study of the eighteenth century's revisions and revaluations...  Read More >>

This study analyzes the role of the sentenia (proverb, maxim, adage) in the rhetorical process of invention and,...  Read More >>

Following the Almeida's recent sold out run, Robert Icke's new production of Hamlet transfers to the West End for...  Read More >>

This revised edition aims to take account of the important work on Shakespeare's language and style between 1981...  Read More >>

This book is part of a controversial new series that raises fundamental questions about the authenticity of Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

These essays apply the postmodernist theory of intertextuality to romantic drama of the English Renaissance, including...  Read More >>