{"product_id":"a-companion-to-shakespeares-works-volume-ii-9781405136068","title":"A Companion to Shakespeares Works Volume II","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.\" \u003ci\u003eCahiers Elisabethains\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Writing of History in Shakespeare’s England (Ivo Kamps).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists of History (Richard Helgerson).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Censorship and the Problems with History in Shakespeare’s England (Cyndia Susan Clegg).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Nation Formation and the English History Plays (Patricia A. Cahill).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Irish Text and Subtext of Shakespeare’s English Histories (Willy Maley).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Theories of Kingship in Shakespeare’s England (William C. Carroll).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. \"To beguile the time, look like the time\": Contemporary Film Versions of Shakespeare’s Histories (Peter J. Smith).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Elizabethan History Play: A True Genre (Paulina Kewes).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Damned Commotion: Riot and Rebellion in Shakespeare’s Histories (James Holstun).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Manliness Before Individualism: Masculinity, Effeminacy, and Homoerotics in Shakespeare’s History Plays (Rebecca Ann Bach).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. French Marriages and the Protestant Nation in Shakespeare’s History Plays (Linda Gregerson).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The First Tetralogy in Performance (Ric Knowles).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. The Second Tetralogy: Performance as Interpretation (Lois Potter).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. \u003ci\u003e1 Henry VI\u003c\/i\u003e (David Bevington).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Suffolk and the Pirates: Disordered Relations in Shakespeare’s \u003ci\u003e2 Henry VI\u003c\/i\u003e (Thomas Cartelli).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Vexed Relations: Family, State, and the Uses of Women in \u003ci\u003e3 Henry VI\u003c\/i\u003e (Kathryn Schwarz).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. \"The power of hope?\" An Early Modern Reader of \u003ci\u003eRichard III\u003c\/i\u003e (James Siemon).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. King John (Virginia Mason Vaughan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. The King’s Melting Body: \u003ci\u003eRichard II\u003c\/i\u003e (Lisa Hopkins).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. 1 Henry IV (James Knowles).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Henry IV, Part 2: A Critical History (Jonathan Crewe).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Henry V (Andrew Hadfield).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407874466135,"sku":"9781405136068","price":38.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405136068.jpg?v=1730500814","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-shakespeares-works-volume-ii-9781405136068","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}