The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

This book offers students and teachers a comprehensive, readable and authoritative introduction to the study of Shakespeare, by means of nineteen newly commissioned essays. An international team of prominent scholars provide a broadly cultural approach to the chief literary, performative and historical aspects of Shakespeare's work. They bring the latest scholarship to bear on both traditional and recently defined subjects of Shakespeare studies. Helpful reference features include chronologies of the life and works, illustrations, detailed reading lists and a bibliographical essay. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare......Page 2 Contents......Page 10 List of illustrations......Page 12 List of contributors......Page 14 Preface......Page 16 William Shakespeare: a partial chronology......Page 18 A conjectural chronology of Shakespeare’s works......Page 20 1 Shakespeare’s life......Page 22 2 The reproduction of Shakespeare’s texts......Page 34 3 What did Shakespeare read?......Page 52 4 Shakespeare and the craft of language......Page 70 5 Shakespeare’s poems......Page 86 6 The genres of Shakespeare’s plays......Page 104 7 Playhouses, players, and playgoers in Shakespeare’s time......Page 120 8 The London scene: City and Court......Page 136 9 Gender and sexuality in Shakespeare......Page 150 10 Outsiders in Shakespeare’s England......Page 168 11 Shakespeare and English history......Page 188 12 Shakespeare in the theatre, 1660–1900......Page 204 13 Shakespeare in the twentieth-century theatre......Page 220 14 Shakespeare and the cinema......Page 238 15 Shakespeare on the page and the stage......Page 256 16 Shakespeare worldwide......Page 272 17 Shakespeare criticism, 1600–1900......Page 286 18 Shakespeare criticism in the twentieth century......Page 300 19 Shakespeare reference books......Page 318 "An international team of prominent scholars provides a broadly cultural approach to the chief literary, performative, and historical aspects of Shakespeare's work. They bring the latest scholarship to bear on traditional subjects of Shakespeare studies, such as biography, the transmission of the texts, the main dramatic and poetic genres, the stage in Shakespeare's time, and the history of criticism and performance. In addition, authors engage with more recently defined topics: gender and sexuality, Shakespeare on film, the presence of foreigners in Shakespeare's England, and his impact on other cultures. Helpful reference features include chronologies of the life and works, illustrations, detailed reading lists, and a bibliographical essay."--BOOK JACKET. Edited By Margreta De Grazia And Stanley Wells. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.