Author : David Scott Kastan
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 28,99 MB
Release : 1999-10-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780631218784
A Companion to Shakespeare is an indispensable book for students and teachers of Shakespeare, indeed for anyone with an interest in his plays. Contains 28 newly commissioned essays written by the most distinguished historians and literary scholars Situates Shakespeare in the historical and cultural conditions in which he wrote
Author : Margreta De Grazia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 27,80 MB
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521886325
Twenty-one essays provide lively and authoritative approaches to the literary, historical, cultural and performative aspects of Shakespeare works.
Author : Margreta de Grazia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 19,96 MB
Release : 2001-04-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139825984
This book offers a comprehensive, readable and authoritative introduction to the study of Shakespeare, by means of nineteen newly commissioned essays. An international team of prominent scholars provide a broadly cultural approach to the chief literary, performative and historical aspects of Shakespeare's work. They bring the latest scholarship to bear on traditional subjects of Shakespeare study, such as biography, the transmission of the texts, the main dramatic and poetic genres, the stage in Shakespeare's time and the history of criticism and performance. In addition, authors engage with more recently defined topics: gender and sexuality, Shakespeare on film, the presence of foreigners in Shakespeare's England and his impact on other cultures. Helpful reference features include chronologies of the life and works, illustrations, detailed reading lists and a bibliographical essay.
Author : Dympna Callaghan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 14,17 MB
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1118501268
The question is not whether Shakespeare studies needs feminism, but whether feminism needs Shakespeare. This is the explicitly political approach taken in the dynamic and newly updated edition of A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare. Provides the definitive feminist statement on Shakespeare for the 21st century Updates address some of the newest theatrical andcreative engagements with Shakespeare, offering fresh insights into Shakespeare’s plays and poems, and gender dynamics in early modern England Contributors come from across the feminist generations and from various stages in their careers to address what is new in the field in terms of historical and textual discovery Explores issues vital to feminist inquiry, including race, sexuality, the body, queer politics, social economies, religion, and capitalism In addition to highlighting changes, it draws attention to the strong continuities of scholarship in this field over the course of the history of feminist criticism of Shakespeare The previous edition was a recipient of a Choice Outstanding Academic Title award; this second edition maintains its coverage and range, and bringsthe scholarship right up to the present day
Author : Ayanna Thompson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 21,10 MB
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1108623298
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race shows teachers and students how and why Shakespeare and race are inseparable. Moving well beyond Othello, the collection invites the reader to understand racialized discourses, rhetoric, and performances in all of Shakespeare's plays, including the comedies and histories. Race is presented through an intersectional approach with chapters that focus on the concepts of sexuality, lineage, nationality, and globalization. The collection helps students to grapple with the unique role performance plays in constructions of race by Shakespeare (and in Shakespearean performances), considering both historical and contemporary actors and directors. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race will be the first book that truly frames Shakespeare studies and early modern race studies for a non-specialist, student audience.
Author : Robert Shaughnessy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 36,3 MB
Release : 2007-06-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521844290
This book offers a collection of essays on Shakespeare's life and works in popular forms and media.
Author : Michael Hattaway
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 19,78 MB
Release : 2002-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521775397
Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) Shakespeare's history plays have been performed more in recent years than ever before, in Britain, North America, and in Europe. This volume provides an accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's history and Roman plays. It is attentive throughout to the plays as they have been performed over the centuries since they were written. The first part offers accounts of the genre of the history play, of Renaissance historiography, of pageants and masques, and of women's roles, as well as comparisons with history plays in Spain and the Netherlands. Chapters in the second part look at individual plays as well as other Shakespearean texts which are closely related to the histories. The Companion offers a full bibliography, genealogical tables, and a list of principal and recurrent characters. It is a comprehensive guide for students, researchers and theatre-goers alike.
Author : Hannibal Hamlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 24,90 MB
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1107172594
A wide-ranging yet accessible investigation into the importance of religion in Shakespeare's works, from a team of eminent international scholars.
Author : Claire McEachern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 27,78 MB
Release : 2013-08-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 110701977X
This updated Companion has been fully revised and includes an extensively overhauled bibliography and four new chapters by leading scholars.
Author : Michael Schoenfeldt
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 46,5 MB
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1444332066
This Companion represents the myriad ways of thinking about the remarkable achievement of Shakespeare’s sonnets. An authoritative reference guide and extended introduction to Shakespeare’s sonnets. Contains more than 20 newly-commissioned essays by both established and younger scholars. Considers the form, sequence, content, literary context, editing and printing of the sonnets. Shows how the sonnets provide a mirror in which cultures can read their own critical biases. Informed by the latest theoretical, cultural and archival work.
