Shakespeare : an Oxford guide / edited by Stanley Wells, Lena Cowen Orlin.

Contributor(s): Wells, Stanley, 1930- | Orlin, Lena Cowen Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. Description: xxvi, 713 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 0199245223 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780199245222DDC classification: 822.33 LOC classification: PR2976 | .S333 2003Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC Shakespeare's life and times. Why study Shakespeare? / Stanley Wells -- Shakespeare's life and career / Lois Potter -- Theatre in London / Gabriel Egan -- Shakespeare's audiences / Margaret Jane Kidnie -- Conventions of playwriting / Peter Thomson -- Shakespeare's fellow dramatists / A.R. Braunmuller -- The language of Shakespeare / David Crystal -- Shakespeare's verse / Russ McDonald -- The society of Shakespeare's England / Carole Levin -- Daily life in town and country / Joan Thirsk -- Love, sex, and marriage / Martin Ingram -- Changing attitudes towards religion / Peter Lake -- Ideas of order / Lena Cowen Orlin -- Shakespeare's view of the world / Emily C. Bartels -- Shakespearian genres. Introduction / Lena Cowen Orlin -- Romantic comedies / William C. Carroll -- Reading: Twelfth night, or What you will -- English history plays / Phyllis Rackin -- Reading: Henry V -- Tragedies / Linda Woodbridge -- Reading: Macbeth -- Roman plays / Alexander Leggatt -- Reading: Julius Caesar -- Romances / Reginald Foakes -- Reading: The winter's tale -- Comical and tragical / Paul Edmondson -- Reading : Measure for measure -- Non-dramatic poetry / Lynne Magnusson -- Reading: Shakespeare's sonnets -- Unfamiliar Shakespeare / Alan Armstrong -- Shakespeare criticism. The critical tradition / Michael Taylor -- Humanist interpretation / Michael D. Bristol -- Reading: King Lear -- Character criticism / Christy Desmet -- Reading: Hamlet -- Source study / Leah Scragg -- Reading: As you like it -- Close reading / Inga-Stina Ewbank -- Reading: Richard III -- Feminist criticism / Jean E. Howard -- Reading: Othello -- Studies in sexuality / Bruce R. Smith -- Reading: The merchant of Venice -- Psychoanalytic criticisms / Lynn Enterline -- Reading: Venus and Adonis -- Materialist criticisms / Jonathan Gil Harris -- Reading: Henry IV part one -- Post-colonial criticism / Jyotsna Singh -- Reading: The tempest -- Deconstruction / Kiernan Ryan -- Reading: Romeo and Juliet -- Performance history : Shakespeare on the stage, 1660-2001 / Patricia Tatspaugh -- Reading: A midsummer night's dream -- Performance criticism / Miriam Gilbert -- Reading: The taming of the shrew -- Shakespeare's afterlife. Introduction / Terence Hawkes -- Shakespeare published / Laurie Maguire -- Shakespeare and the modern British theatre / Michael Billington -- Shakespeare on film and video / Tony Howard -- The question of authorship / David Kathman -- Shakespeare's influence / John Gross -- Shakespeare and translation / Ton Hoenselaars -- Commemorating Shakespeare / Georgianna Ziegler -- Internet and CD ROM resources / Michael Best.

Summary: "Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide provides a practical and stimulating introduction to all aspects of Shakespeare studies, including over 40 specially commissioned essays by an outstanding international team of Shakespeare scholars, with each essay written in a concise, accessible, and engaging style and followed by annotated suggestions for further reading."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

TOC Shakespeare's life and times. Why study Shakespeare? / Stanley Wells --
Shakespeare's life and career / Lois Potter --
Theatre in London / Gabriel Egan --
Shakespeare's audiences / Margaret Jane Kidnie --
Conventions of playwriting / Peter Thomson --
Shakespeare's fellow dramatists / A.R. Braunmuller --
The language of Shakespeare / David Crystal --
Shakespeare's verse / Russ McDonald --
The society of Shakespeare's England / Carole Levin --
Daily life in town and country / Joan Thirsk --
Love, sex, and marriage / Martin Ingram --
Changing attitudes towards religion / Peter Lake --
Ideas of order / Lena Cowen Orlin --
Shakespeare's view of the world / Emily C. Bartels --
Shakespearian genres. Introduction / Lena Cowen Orlin --
Romantic comedies / William C. Carroll --
Reading: Twelfth night, or What you will --
English history plays / Phyllis Rackin --
Reading: Henry V --
Tragedies / Linda Woodbridge --
Reading: Macbeth --
Roman plays / Alexander Leggatt --
Reading: Julius Caesar --
Romances / Reginald Foakes --
Reading: The winter's tale --
Comical and tragical / Paul Edmondson --
Reading : Measure for measure --
Non-dramatic poetry / Lynne Magnusson --
Reading: Shakespeare's sonnets --
Unfamiliar Shakespeare / Alan Armstrong --
Shakespeare criticism. The critical tradition / Michael Taylor --
Humanist interpretation / Michael D. Bristol --
Reading: King Lear --
Character criticism / Christy Desmet --
Reading: Hamlet --
Source study / Leah Scragg --
Reading: As you like it --
Close reading / Inga-Stina Ewbank --
Reading: Richard III --
Feminist criticism / Jean E. Howard --
Reading: Othello --
Studies in sexuality / Bruce R. Smith --
Reading: The merchant of Venice --
Psychoanalytic criticisms / Lynn Enterline --
Reading: Venus and Adonis --
Materialist criticisms / Jonathan Gil Harris --
Reading: Henry IV part one --
Post-colonial criticism / Jyotsna Singh --
Reading: The tempest --
Deconstruction / Kiernan Ryan --
Reading: Romeo and Juliet --
Performance history : Shakespeare on the stage, 1660-2001 / Patricia Tatspaugh --
Reading: A midsummer night's dream --
Performance criticism / Miriam Gilbert --
Reading: The taming of the shrew --
Shakespeare's afterlife. Introduction / Terence Hawkes --
Shakespeare published / Laurie Maguire --
Shakespeare and the modern British theatre / Michael Billington --
Shakespeare on film and video / Tony Howard --
The question of authorship / David Kathman --
Shakespeare's influence / John Gross --
Shakespeare and translation / Ton Hoenselaars --
Commemorating Shakespeare / Georgianna Ziegler --
Internet and CD ROM resources / Michael Best.

"Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide provides a practical and stimulating introduction to all aspects of Shakespeare studies, including over 40 specially commissioned essays by an outstanding international team of Shakespeare scholars, with each essay written in a concise, accessible, and engaging style and followed by annotated suggestions for further reading."--BOOK JACKET.

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