Shakespeare Studies & Criticism

Sir Frank Kermode, the British scholar, teacher, and author, was an inspired critic. Forms of Attention is based on a series of three lectures he g...

In Shakespeare and the Making of America, Kevin J. Hayes tells a story that has never been told before. He traces the history of reading Shakespear...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Shakespeares Sonnets, Retold by William Shakespeare and James Anthony, with a foreword by Stephen Fr...

This book provides actors, directors, teachers and students with a clear, practical guide to applying the work of influential theatre practitioner ...

This book provides actors, directors, teachers and students with a clear, practical guide to applying the work of influential theatre practitioner ...

Why does Bassanio compare himself to Jason? What is Hecuba to Hamlet? Is the mechanicals staging of the Pyramus and Thisbe story funny or sad? This...

This book provides readers with the tools to unravel the complexities of one of the most difficult sonnet sequences, introducing them to the litera...

The Whirlwind of Passion: New Critical Perspectives on William Shakespeare is a combination of critical, linguistic, stylistic, translation and per...

The academic community treats the chronology of Shakespeare's works as settled. He supposedly served an apprenticeship collaborating on plays in th...

The two Henry IV plays, described as the twin summits of Shakespeare's achievement, feature the unlikely friendship of Prince Hal and Falstaff. Thi...

In this classic work, acclaimed Shakespeare critic C. L. Barber argues that Elizabethan seasonal festivals such as May Day and Twelfth Night are th...

Shakespeare Studies is an annual peer-reviewed volume featuring work by performance scholars, literary critics and cultural historians. The journal...

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England is an annual volume committed to the publication of essays and reviews related to English drama and theat...

A new account of Shakespearean tragedy as a response to life in an uncertain worldIn Shakespeares Tragic Art, Rhodri Lewis offers a powerfully orig...

A fascinating book exploring the early modern authors who helped to shape Shakespeares beloved plays.Shakespeares plays have influenced generations...