Shakespeare Studies & Criticism

Shakespeare's Blank Verse: An Alternative History is a study both of Shakespeare's versification and of its place in the history of early modern bl...

We know William Shakespeare matters but we cannot pinpoint, precisely, why he matters. Lacking reasons why, we do our best to involve him in others...

Illuminates our understanding of the soul as a historically and philosophically vital concept through Shakespearean dramaSecond Death seeks to revi...

This book is a one-stop-shop for the busy undergraduate studying Shakespeare. Offering detailed guidance to the plays most often taught on undergra...

How can we tune into the ecological dynamics of Shakespeares plays? How can we adapt those plays to address current environmental crises? This is t...

The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeares Language is the first comprehensive account of Shakespeares language to use computational methods derived fr...

How can we tune into the ecological dynamics of Shakespeares plays? How can we adapt those plays to address current environmental crises? This is t...

Dialogue is at the heart of Shakespeares plays, and when his characters exchange words, they create social communities. This book is the first to p...

In his engaging new collection, National Book Award finalist Gary Soto creates poems that each begin with a line from Shakespeare and then continue...

This book is a translation of German versions of both Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. The introductions to each play place these versions of Shakespea...

This revised edition of King Richard II: Critical Tradition increases our the play was received and understood by critics, editors and general read...

Shakespeare / Text sets new agendas for the study and use of the Shakespearean text. Written by 20 leading experts on textual matters, each chapter...

This volume documents the reception and interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear by critics, editors and general readers from the late 18t...

How does our understanding of early modern performance, culture and identity change when we decentre Shakespeare? And how might a more inclusive ap...

In How and Why We Teach Shakespeare, 19 distinguished college teachers and directors draw from their personal experiences and share their methods a...

Shakespeare as Jukebox Musical is the first book-length study of a growing performance phenomenon: musical adaptations of Shakespeares plays in whi...

Impressive Shakespeare reassesses Shakespeares relationship with print culture in light of his plays engagement with the language and material cult...

In this wide-ranging and ambitiously conceived Research Companion, contributors explore Shakespeares relationship to the classic in two broad sense...

Shakespeare and Latinidad is a collection of scholarly and practitioner essays in the field of Latinx theatre that specifically focuses on Latinx p...

Four years on from George Floyds murder, this volume asks if and how Shakespeare might be relevantwhether in performance, in the classroom, or in s...

The first comprehensive and fully systematic study of all soliloquies and solo asides in Shakespeare's plays'The Shakespearean Inside' is a study o...

Explores intrinsic connections between early modern intelligencers and metadrama in the plays of Shakespeare's contemporariesIntelligence and Metad...

Overturns orthodox thinking about morality in Shakespeare's plays by updating our understanding of the human mindThis ground-breaking study fearles...

Uncovers the workings of sovereign power in Shakespeare's history plays Presents a sustained, formalist reading of Shakespeare's history playsReads...

Uncovers the workings of sovereign power in Shakespeare's history plays Presents a sustained, formalist reading of Shakespeare's history playsReads...

The first in-depth exploration of Shakespeare's representations of climate and the skyWhile ecocritical approaches to literary texts receive more a...