{"product_id":"a-companion-to-shakespeares-works-volume-i-9781405136051","title":"A Companion to Shakespeares Works Volume I","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis four-volume \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Shakespeare''s Works,\u003c\/i\u003e compiled as a single entity, offers a uniquely comprehensive snapshot of current Shakespeare criticism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together new essays from a mixture of younger and more established scholars from around the world - Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines each of Shakespeare's plays and major poems, using all the resources of contemporary criticism, from performance studies to feminist, historicist, and textual analysis.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVolumes are organized in relation to generic categories: namely the histories, the tragedies, the romantic comedies, and the late plays, problem plays and poems.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach volume contains individual essays on all texts in the relevant category, as well as more general essays looking at critical issues and approaches more widely relevant to the genre.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a provocative roadmap to Shakespeare studies at the daw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Whether for the student wishing for an overview of critical approaches or anxious to fill in the gaps in his Shakespearean culture, for those wishing to catch up on the diversity of literary theories, or for the inquisitive browser, this set of volumes assuredly charts the map of current criticism.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCahiers Elisabethains\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Those who are intimidated by the publishers' grandiose claim that the set would constitute 'a provocative roadmap to Shakespeare studies at the dawning of the twenty-first century' will breathe a sigh of relief to discover that the essays are not only readable, they are informative and stimulating. Essential.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 “A rarity most beloved”: Shakespeare and the Idea of Tragedy 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Scott Kastan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Tragedies of Shakespeare’s Contemporaries 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Coyle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Minds in Company: Shakespearean Tragic Emotions 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatherine Rowe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Divided Tragic Hero 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine Belsey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Disjointed Times and Half-Remembered Truths in Shakespearean Traged  95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilippa Berry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Reading Shakespeare’s Tragedies of Love: Romeo and \u003ci\u003eJuliet, Othello, and Antony and Cleopatra in Early Modern England 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSasha Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Hamlet Productions Starring Beale, Hawke, and Darling From the Perspective of Performance History 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernice W. Kliman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Text and Tragedy l58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGraham Holderness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Shakespearean Tragedy and Religious Identity 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard C. McCoy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Shakespeare’s Roman Tragedies 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGordon Braden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Tragedy and Geography 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerry Brotton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Classic Film Versions of Shakespeare’s Tragedies: A Mirror for the Times 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenneth S. Rothwell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Contemporary Film Versions of the Tragedies 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Thornton Burnett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Titus Andronicus: A Time for Race and Revenge 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 “There is no world without Verona walls”: The City in Romeo and Juliet 303\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaomi Conn Liebler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 “He that thou knowest thine”: Friendship and Service in Hamlet 319\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Neill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Julius Caesar 339\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca W. Bushnell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Othello and the Problem of Blackness 357\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKim F. Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 King Lear 375\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKiernan Ryan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Macbeth, the Present, and the Past 393\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKathleen McLuskie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Politics of Empathy in Antony and Cleopatra: A View from Below 411\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJyotsna G. Singh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Timon of Athens: The Dialectic of Usury, Nihilism, and Art 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHugh Grady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Coriolanus and the Politics of Theatrical Pleasure 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCynthia Marshall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex  473\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407874367831,"sku":"9781405136051","price":38.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405136051.jpg?v=1730500814","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-shakespeares-works-volume-i-9781405136051","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}