Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights

Shakespeare lived at a time when England was undergoing the revolution in ritual theory and practice we know as the English Reformation. With it ca...

The First Part of King Henry the Sixth is Shakespeares first work for the stage, his first dramatic hit, and, also, his most controversial and susp...

Canadians have enjoyed a long history of encounters with Shakespeare, from the visual arts to creative new adaptations, from traditional and nontra...

This is the first complete edition and English translation of John Halls Little Book of Cures, a fascinating medical casebook composed in Latin aro...

A lively and engaging guide to vital habits of mind that can help you think more deeply, write more effectively, and learn more joyfullyHow to Thin...

Readers of Dante and Shakespeare have commented through the last two centuries on the parallels between the two writers, but English literary exper...

This book examines the modern performance history of one of Shakespeare's best-loved and most enduring comedies, and one that has given opportuniti...

The 1590s were black years for England. The queen was old, the succession unclear, and the treasury empty after decades of war. Amid the rising t...

This book is a study of twenty stage productions, adaptations and screen versions of Shakespeares final Roman play. It makes available for the firs...

This book deals with Shakespeares role in contemporary culture. It looks in detail at the way that Shakespeares plays inform modern ideas of cultur...

Shakespeares London 1613 offers for the first time a comprehensive biography of this crucial year in English history. The book examines political a...

This book deals with Shakespeares role in contemporary culture. It looks in detail at the way that Shakespeares plays inform modern ideas of cultur...

A thorough and scholarly study of Spenser and Shakespeare and their contrary artistry, covering themes of theology, psychology, the depictions of p...

Easy to use in the classroom or as a tool for revision, Oxford Literature Companions provide student-friendly analysis of a range of popular A Leve...