The Cambridge Companion to ShakespeareMargreta de Grazia, Stanley Wells 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. |
Contents
Shakespeares life | 1 |
The reproduction of Shakespeares texts | 13 |
What did Shakespeare read? | 31 |
Shakespeare and the craft of language | 49 |
Shakespeares poems | 65 |
The genres of Shakespeares plays | 83 |
Playhouses players and playgoers in Shakespeares time | 99 |
The London scene City and Court | 115 |
Shakespeare in the theatre 16601900 | 183 |
Shakespeare in the twentiethcentury theatre | 199 |
Shakespeare and the cinema | 217 |
Shakespeare on the page and the stage | 235 |
Shakespeare worldwide | 251 |
Shakespeare criticism 16001900 | 265 |
Shakespeare criticism in the twentieth century | 279 |
Shakespeare reference books | 297 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare Cambridge Companions to Literature Cambridge collections online Cambridge companions to |
| Editors | Margreta de Grazia, Stanley Wells |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0521658810, 9780521658812 |
| Length | 328 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / Drama Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Renaissance |
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