Shakespeare's Comedies
Blackwell Guides to Criticism
1. Edition August 2003
320 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-22012-1
John Wiley & Sons
This Guide introduces students to critical writing on Shakespeare's comedies over the last four centuries.
* * Guides students through four centuries of critical writing on Shakespeare's history plays.
* Covers both significant early views and recent critical interventions.
* Substantial editorial material links the articles and places them in context.
* Annotated suggestions for further reading allow students to investigate further.
Acknowledgements.
Preface.
Part I: The Development of Criticism of Shakespeare's
Histories 1590-1914.
Part II: Twentieth-Century Criticism.
Index
Preface.
Part I: The Development of Criticism of Shakespeare's
Histories 1590-1914.
Part II: Twentieth-Century Criticism.
Index
"clearly designed to make friendly that enormous and daunting
edifice of Shakespeare criticism. [...] extremely helful historical
and generic overviews" THES
[and talking about all three books together:]
"Altogether, either as the source of critical thinking or as
reference guides and bibliographies, these volumes will prove
convenient and interesting as auhtoritatively conducted tours of
their domains." THES
edifice of Shakespeare criticism. [...] extremely helful historical
and generic overviews" THES
[and talking about all three books together:]
"Altogether, either as the source of critical thinking or as
reference guides and bibliographies, these volumes will prove
convenient and interesting as auhtoritatively conducted tours of
their domains." THES
Emma Smith is Fellow of Hertford College and Lecturer in English at Oxford University. Her publications include Thomas Kyd: The Spanish Tragedie (ed. 1998) and Shakespeare in Production: Henry V (2000).