Shakespeare

An Oxford Guide

By: Stanley Wells (Editor), Lena Cowen Orlin (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 May 2003

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742 Pages

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24.61 x 18.9 x 3.76

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Edited by Stanley Wells and Lena Cowen Orlin, Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide provides a practical and stimulating guide to all aspects of Shakespeare studies. The volume comprises over 40 specially commissioned essays by an outstanding team of Shakespeare scholars; each essay is written in an accessible and engaging style, and is followed by annotated suggestions for further reading.The volume is divided into four key parts, which as a whole offer a valuable balance of factual and critical content. In the first Part, chapters provide information about and discuss Shakespeare, the theatres of his time, the society in which he lived, the language of his period, the conventions of playwriting, and his contemporary impact. The second Part offers critical overviews of Shakespeare''s achievement in the principal genres, and each overview is followed by a practical reading exploring Shakespeare''s use of the traditions, scope and boundaries of that genre in one of his key works. Part Three offers guidance to the principal current critical approaches in the study of Shakespeare: each chapter outlines a particular critical approach, and is followed by a reading applying that approach to one of Shakespeare''s works; and Part Four offers chapters on topics relating to Shakespeare''s intellectual and cultural impact over the ages.

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`At 700 pages and with over 40 well-known contributors, this breezeblock of a Guide is the quintessential college textbook. And a very good textbook it is. Coherently organised in four sections ... a wealth of information is presented at a reading level mainly that of an able college student who already has some acquaintance with Shakespeare.'' Rex Gibson, Around the Globe 1/9/03

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