This new edition of Macbeth includes helpful annotations, unique illustrations, and a commentary on the birds hidden in ......more
An "extraordinarily brilliant" and "pleasurably naughty" (André Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship qu......more
The Shakespearean International Yearbook surveys the present state of Shakespeare studies in global contexts, addressing......more
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How to Do Things with Dead People studies human contrivances for representing and relating to the dead. Alice Dailey tak......more
Literature’s Critique, Subversion, and Transformation of Justice explores two of the fundamental institutions in human e......more
"A Life of William Shakespeare" by Sidney Lee is a comprehensive biography of the legendary playwright and poet William ......more
What is the "tragic imagination"? And what role does it play in the works of William Shakespeare and Ralph Waldo Emerson......more
A gripping, funny, joyful account of how the books you read shape your own life in surprising and profound ways....more
Romeo and Juliet is the most produced, translated and re-mixed of all of Shakespeare’s plays. This volume takes up the i......more
This monograph offers a detailed consideration of the five-volume novel written by Cao Xueqin and translated into Englis......more
Shakespeare’s adolescents examines the varied representation of adolescent characters in Shakespeare’s plays. Using earl......more
Shakespeare Studies is an annual peer-reviewed volume featuring the work of performance scholars, literary critics, and ......more
Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Reformation explores how Shakespeare responded in drama to the historical trauma of the ......more
The persona of Edward de Vere represents a contrast to the canonical, Stratfordian image of Shakespeare. His adulterous ......more
Shakespeare/ Space explores new approaches to the enactment of ’space’ in and through Shakespeare’s plays, as well as to......more
This collection of essays explores a wide range of topics demonstrating why the Shakespeare authorship question matters ......more
Diverging from critical paths that have focused on nostalgia as a memorializing practice or on Stuart nostalgia for Eliz......more
Shakespeare / Naturesets new agendas for the study of nature in Shakespeare’s work. Offering a rich exploration of the i......more
How can theatre and Shakespearean performance be used with different communities to assist personal growth and developme......more
How come Shakespeare keeps challenging and fascinating us? Why do we keep watching his plays and reading his poetry? May......more
Shakespeare on the Ecological Surface uses the concept of the ’surface’ to examine the relationship between contemporary......more
Crossing the boundaries between literature, philosophy and theology, Shakespeare and the Grace of Words pioneers a readi......more
Robert Greene holds a significant place in our understanding of Elizabethan literature. This book offers the most rigoro......more
Shakespeare’s Law is a critical overview of law and legal issues within the life, career, and works of William Shakespea......more
Shakespearean Spaces in Australian Literary Adaptations for Children and Young Adults offers a comprehensive examination......more
Women and Indian Shakespearesexplores the multiple ways in which women are, and have been, engaged with Shakespeare in I......more
Through expert guidance on understanding, interpreting, and writing about Shakespeare’s language, this book makes The Wi......more
On college and university campuses across the United States, scholar-teachers and their students find themselves in cond......more
Embark on a scholarly journey through the intricate layers of William Shakespeare’s "Macbeth," often overshadowed by its......more
This book sheds light on the reckoning and judgement of conscience by demonstrating how these concepts are explored in E......more
The Anatomy of Insults in Shakespeare’s World explores Shakespeare’s complex art of insults and shows how the playwright......more
The twentieth volume of The Shakespearean International Yearbook focuses on Pericles, Prince of Tyre, a play long neglec......more
Shakespeare’s Forgotten Allegory posits that we have today forgotten a cultural icon that helped to bring about the Rena......more
This book posits that Shakespeare’s First Tetralogy draws inspiration from the Italian "politic histories" of the early ......more
This book offers essential reading on a wide array of theatre and film productions of Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of......more
This book is the first edited collection to explore Shakespeare’s life as depicted on the modern stage and screen. Focus......more
This volume adds a new dimension to authorship studies by linking the editorial tradition to the transformative receptio......more
Shakespeare’s Lost Years in London, 1586-1592, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throug......more
Shakespeare’s Bones, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, an......more
This book makes connections between the five Shakespeare plays most frequently taught in US high schools and the essenti......more
This book makes connections between the five Shakespeare plays most frequently taught in US high schools and the essenti......more
One of Italy’s best-known contemporary philosophers and leftists offers a literature-informed take on our contemporary p......more
Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England is an annual volume committed to the publication of essays and reviews related......more
The Shakespeare Authorship Question has been the subject of heated debate for generations. This concise introduction to ......more
The Shakespeare Authorship Question has been the subject of heated debate for generations. This concise introduction to ......more
Inspired by ongoing movements for social justice, equality, accountability, and truth, the scholars in this volume resit......more
This book explores the notion that the emergent language of contemporary theatre, and more generally of modern culture, ......more
Shakespeare in Tehran is a personal history of Iran through the eyes of an award-winning Iranian American artist....more
Shakespeare in Tehran is a personal history of Iran through the eyes of an award-winning Iranian American artist....more
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ’ where love, magic, and mischief intertwine under the moonlit forest canopy. Shakespeare’s t......more
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ’ where love, magic, and mischief intertwine under the moonlit forest canopy. Shakespeare’s t......more
Afterlives of Endor offers an analysis of the way early modern English literature addressed the period’s anxieties about......more
Afterlives of Endor offers an analysis of the way early modern English literature addressed the period’s anxieties about......more
Focusing on the crossroads in the early modern period, this book deals with the literature and history of the physical c......more
Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate With these immortal lines Shakespeare be......more
Explore Shakespeare’s comedic genius in ’Greatest Comedies of Shakespeare.’ This collection features five of his most be......more
A challenging re-appraisal of the ways in which we have conceived of ’source’ study in relation to Shakespeare. By combi......more
What Shakespeare’s plays can teach us about modern-day politics William Shakespeare understood power: what it is, how it......more
What does the keyword "continence" in Love’s Labor’s Lost reveal about geopolitical boundaries and their breaching? What......more
How are unwarranted dislikes and prejudices portrayed in the works of Shakespeare and to what extent does Shakespeare di......more
The Promised End explores how the endings of Shakespeare’s tragedies work - how, in effect, they resist conventional clo......more
Shakespeare and Indian Nationalism aims to articulate the reception of Shakespeare by the 19th-century Indian intelligen......more
It is widely acknowledged that the hit franchise Game of Thrones is based on the Wars of the Roses, a bloody fifteenth-c......more
Shakespeare and Happiness is a study of attitudes to happiness in the early modern period and in Shakespeare’s plays. It......more
Shakespeare and Emotional Expression offers an exciting new way of considering emotional transactions in Shakespearean d......more
This book presents original material which indicates that Aemilia Lanyer - female writer, feminist, and Shakespeare cont......more
This book’s premise is not only the commonly accepted cultural relativity of economic concepts, but also the observation......more
This book explores how the myth of Narcissus, which is at once about self-love and self-destruction, desire and death, b......more
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Ovid, William Shakespeare and John Donne are among the most prominent names within the European literary canon. Ovid was......more
Ovid, William Shakespeare and John Donne are among the most prominent names within the European literary canon. Ovid was......more
This book investigates generic change in early modern theatre across multiple genres, unlike much other scholarship, att......more
This collection of essays explores how the Shakespearean drama enacts ancient virtues and conceptualises new ones in com......more
Shakespeare had an ear and hand that was able to capture our everyday thoughts and emotions, pin them to a page, and exp......more
Following the two world wars of the twentieth century, governments decided to dispose of unwanted chemical weapons in th......more
This book challenges the status quo of studies in literature and religion by returning to "experience" as a bridge betwe......more
Charting the early dissemination of Shakespeare in the Nordic countries in the 19th century, this opens up an area of gl......more
This open access book provides translations of early German versions of Titus Andronicus and The Taming of the Shrew. Th......more
In this study, William C. Carroll analyses a wide range of adaptations and appropriations of Macbeth across different me......more
What led Shakespeare to write his most cryptic poem, ’The Phoenix and Turtle’? Could the Phoenix represent Queen Elizabe......more
Mimetic Depth in Hamlet reconstructs the theory of character and the perspectives on interpretation inherent in William ......more
Shakespeare’s roots in applied and participatory performance practices have been recently explored within a wide variety......more
Shakespeare’s roots in applied and participatory performance practices have been recently explored within a wide variety......more
This book argues that Shakespeare turned staging problems into opportunities for complex characterization by mobilizing ......more
The first book-length study of hospitality in Shakespeare....more
Examining the changing reception of Shakespeare in the Nordic countries between 1870 and 1940, this follow-up volume to ......more
This volume reframes the critical conversation about Shakespeare’s histories and national identity by bringing together ......more
A classic work on William Shakespeare and his contributions to the literary world. This work has been selected by schola......more
In this book, Gerald H. Rendall offers a fresh interpretation of Shakespeare’s sonnets and their connection to Edward de......more
This insightful analysis of Shakespeare’s sonnets provides new perspectives on these famous poems. The author explores t......more
In this book, Gerald H. Rendall offers a fresh interpretation of Shakespeare’s sonnets and their connection to Edward de......more
A classic work on William Shakespeare and his contributions to the literary world. This work has been selected by schola......more
This insightful analysis of Shakespeare’s sonnets provides new perspectives on these famous poems. The author explores t......more
The Sonnets of William Shakespeare is a fascinating exploration of the works of the most famous playwright in history. W......more
In this insightful and entertaining collection of essays, Hazlitt provides incisive character analyses of some of Shakes......more
Experience one of Shakespeare’s most iconic plays like never before. This compelling edition features engaging annotatio......more
Shakespeare Explained is a reader’s guide to the plays of William Shakespeare, written by Forrest Sumner Lunt. The book ......more