Shakespeare Criticism
About the Book Series
These comprehensive critical collections are a must-have for students, libraries and scholars alike. Each volume gathers the most influential criticism, key contemporary interpretations and reviews of the most influential productions of Shakespeare's masterworks.
The Merry Wives of Windsor: New Critical Essays
1st Edition
Edited
By Evelyn Gajowski, Phyllis Rackin
August 23, 2018
The Merry Wives of Windsor has recently experienced a resurgence of critical interest. At times considered one of Shakespeare’s weaker plays, it is often dismissed or marginalized; however, developments in feminist, ecocritical and new historicist criticism have opened up new perspectives and this ...
The Winter's Tale: Critical Essays
1st Edition
Edited
By Maurice Hunt
May 07, 2015
A collection that includes a lengthy introduction describing historical trends in critical interpretations and theatrical performances of Shakespeare's play; 20 essays on the play, including two written especially for this volume (by Maurice Hunt and David Bergeron)....
Venus and Adonis: Critical Essays
1st Edition
By Philip C. Kolin
February 27, 2015
This is the first collection of critical essays devoted exclusively to Shakespeare's first published work, his long narrative poem Venus and Adonis which established his reputation as the literary darling of London and the heir of Ovid. Particularly important is the book's coverage of the ...
Macbeth: New Critical Essays
1st Edition
Edited
By Nick Moschovakis
December 01, 2014
This volume offers a wealth of critical analysis, supported with ample historical and bibliographical information about one of Shakespeare’s most enduringly popular and globally influential plays. Its eighteen new chapters represent a broad spectrum of current scholarly and interpretive approaches,...
Richard II: New Critical Essays
1st Edition
Edited
By Jeremy Lopez
October 15, 2014
Arguably the first play in a Shakespearean tetralogy, Richard II is a unique and compelling political drama whose themes still resonate today. It is one of the few Shakespeare plays written entirely in verse and its format presents unique theatrical challenges. Politically engaged and controversial...
Twelfth Night: New Critical Essays
1st Edition
Edited
By James Schiffer
October 14, 2014
This volume in the Shakespeare Criticism series offers a range of approaches to Twelfth Night, including its critical reception, performance history, and relation to early modern culture. James Schiffer’s extensive introduction surveys the play’s critical reception and performance history, while ...
King Lear: New Critical Essays
1st Edition
Edited
By Jeffrey Kahan
May 16, 2014
Is King Lear an autonomous text, or a rewrite of the earlier and anonymous play King Leir? Should we refer to Shakespeare’s original quarto when discussing the play, the revised folio text, or the popular composite version, stitched together by Alexander Pope in 1725? What of its stage variations? ...
The Tempest: Critical Essays
1st Edition
Edited
By Patrick M. Murphy
May 16, 2014
The Tempest: Critical Essays traces the history of Shakespeare's controversial late romance from its early reception (and adaptation) in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the present. The volume reprints influential criticism, and it also offers eight originalessays which study The ...
All's Well, That Ends Well: New Critical Essays
1st Edition
Edited
By Gary Waller
October 14, 2013
Described as one of Shakespeare’s most intriguing plays, All’s Well That Ends Well has only recently begun to receive the critical attention it deserves. Noted as a crucial point of development in Shakespeare’s career, this collection of new essays reflects the growing interest in the play and ...
Antony and Cleopatra: New Critical Essays
1st Edition
Edited
By Sara M. Deats
October 29, 2012
Complementing other volumes in the Shakespeare Criticism Series, this collection of twenty original essays will expand the critical contexts in which Antony and Cleopatra can be enjoyed as both literature and theater. The essays will cover a wide spectrum of topics and utilize a diversity of ...
Julius Caesar: New Critical Essays
1st Edition
Edited
By Horst Zander
July 27, 2012
This book explores traditional approaches to the play, which includes an examination of the play in light of current history, in the context of Renaissance England, and in relation to Shakespeare's other Roman plays as well as structural examination of plot, language, character, and source material...
Henry VI: Critical Essays
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas A. Pendleton
November 25, 2010
This collection of original essays provides a selection of current criticism on the Henry VI plays. Topics addressed will include feminist commentaries on the play, the principal of unity in the trilogy, the tradition of illumination of the play, textual variations, and finally, anachronism and ...