Coriolanus is the last and most intriguing of Shakespeare’s Roman tragedies. Critics, directors and actors have long bee......more
PLAY AND LEARN: learn about Shakespeare’s plays in this fun new easy-to-play board game. Go back to Shakespeare’s London......more
You may be a student, or just starting out in the theatre profession, or an actor contemplating a switch to directing, o......more
In "Appreciating Shakespeare" a master teacher and theatrical dramaturge makes the essentials for deeply appreciating th......more
Without Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803), we simply would not understand Shakespeare in the way we do. In fact, much ......more
In Shakespearean Issues, Richard Strier has written a set of linked essays bound by a learned view of how to think about......more
’Enlightening, moving’ SIR IAN MCKELLEN From the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new expl......more
Tackling Romeo and Juliet? Easily understand every line and quickly master Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of young love a......more
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Presents literary criticism on the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, i......more
Uncovers the workings of sovereign power in Shakespeare’s history plays Presents a sustained, formalist reading of Shake......more
Analyses appropriations of King Lear in post-war British drama Provides the first dedicated study on appropriations of K......more
Migrating Shakespeareoffers the first study of the earliest waves of Shakespeare’s migration into Europe. Charting the s......more
Reading Shakespeare in Jewish Theological Frameworks: Shylock Beyond the Holocaust uses Jewish theology to mount a coura......more
This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to ......more
This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to ......more
Reading Shakespeare’s plays alongside Plato’s Republic, this book shows the intersections between literary, philosophica......more
This book offers an accessible introduction to England’s sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century playing industry and a......more
This book offers an accessible introduction to England’s sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century playing industry and a......more
This excellent collection of quotes will inspire deep thoughts from one of history’s greatest minds. Enjoy the works of ......more
Five Lectures on Shakespeare is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor......more
Shakespearean Spaces in Australian Literary Adaptations for Children and Young Adults offers a comprehensive examination......more
Presents literary criticism on the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, i......more
Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Reformation explores how Shakespeare responded in drama to the historical trauma of the ......more
These essays from The Marlowe Studies give the Shakespeare authorship evidence for Christopher Marlowe that has been ove......more
Women and Indian Shakespearesexplores the multiple ways in which women, and those identifying as women, are, and have be......more
Christian Shakespeare? The question was put to each contributor to this collection of essays. They received no further g......more
About A Dish of Orts Read the thoughts of the man who influenced three generations of philosophers and writers. Lovers o......more
2020 saw the centenary of Thomas Looney’s book Shakespeare Identified in which he revealed that the author of ’Shakespea......more
2020 saw the centenary of Thomas Looney’s book Shakespeare Identified in which he revealed that the author of ’Shakespea......more
The influence of censorship on the intellectual and political life in the Habsburg Monarchy during the period under scru......more
Arden Shakespeare and Theoryprovides a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical developments that have dominated Shakes......more
This lively and informative guide to Shakespeare’s popular comedy equips you with the critical skills to analyse its lan......more
Through expert guidance on understanding, interpreting, and writing about Shakespeare’s language, this book makes The Wi......more
This collection of essays brings together innovative scholarship on Shakespeare’s afterlives in tribute to Christy Desme......more
The book is a valuable companion for students, actors, directors, and designers who want insight into playing Shakespear......more
Robert Greene holds a significant place in our understanding of Elizabethan literature. This book offers the most rigoro......more
The Anatomy of Insults in Shakespeare’s World explores Shakespeare’s complex art of insults and shows how the playwright......more
The meanings originally communicated by Elizabethan and Jacobean dress have long been confined to history. Why, then, ha......more
How to Do Things with Dead People studies human contrivances for representing and relating to the dead. Alice Dailey tak......more
Consulting an extensive archive of early modern literature, Joy of the Worm asserts that voluntary death in literature i......more
In 1623 a team of stationers published what has become the most famous volume in English literary history: William Shake......more
This work searches Shakespeare’s history and Roman plays to find the raw materials of English national consciousness and......more
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Diverging from critical paths that have focused on nostalgia as a memorializing practice or on Stuart nostalgia for Eliz......more
Shakespeare’s Law is a critical overview of law and legal issues within the life, career, and works of William Shakespea......more
This book presents a ground-breaking, comprehensive study of the modern performance history of plays in the John Fletche......more
This book adds a unique eastern perspective to the ever growing corpus of Shakespeare criticism. The ancient Sanskrit th......more
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Crossing the boundaries between literature, philosophy and theology, Shakespeare and the Grace of Words pioneers a readi......more
This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to ......more
This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to ......more
This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to ......more
This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to ......more
"Oser reviews the rival cases for a Protestant Shakespeare and for a Catholic Shakespeare, but leaves the issue open, fo......more
Forgiving the Gift challenges the tendency to reflexively understand gifts as exchanges, negotiations, and circulations.......more
The true story of a self-taught sleuth’s quest to prove his eye-opening theory about the source of the world’s most famo......more
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The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare. Acted in 1611, it might have been the last play that Shakespeare at any po......more
[ THE LIFE OF KING HENRY THE FIFTH] The play is set in England in the mid-fifteenth century. The political circumstances......more
At the heart of A Living Shakespeare is the belief that contemporary poetry can bring us into an encounter with Shakespe......more
At the heart of A Living Shakespeare is the belief that contemporary poetry can bring us into an encounter with Shakespe......more
Shakespeare is at the heart of the British theatrical tradition, but the contribution of Ira Aldridge and the Shakespear......more
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From the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how his theme......more
From the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how his theme......more
In his own time, Shakespeare was not a monument, but a man of the theater whose plays were less finished artifacts than ......more
The Tempest: Critical Tradition increases our knowledge of how Shakespeare’s plays were received and understood by criti......more
Janiform Texts and Covert Plots postulates hidden plots in works by Shakespeare, Wells, Kipling, Conrad, Forster, Goldin......more
A gripping, funny, joyful account of how the books you read shape your own life in surprising and profound ways. Bookwor......more
In "Appreciating Shakespeare" a master teacher and theatrical dramaturge makes the essentials for deeply appreciating th......more
THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK, OFTEN SHORTENED TO HAMLET, IS A TRAGEDY WRITTEN BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AT AN U......more
This book presents original material which indicates that Aemilia Lanyer - female writer, feminist, and Shakespeare cont......more
Shakespeare and Emotional Expression offers an exciting new way of considering emotional transactions in Shakespearean d......more
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Arden Early Modern Drama Guides offer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical and ......more
Tackling The Merchant of Venice? Easily understand every line and quickly master Shakespeare’s tale of love and revenge.......more
Timon of Athens (The Life of Tymon of Athens) is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in collaboration with T......more