The Shakespeare Handbook (Literature and Culture Handbooks)

__Literature and Culture Handbooks__ are an innovative series of guides to major periods, topics and authors in British and American literature and culture. Designed to provide a comprehensive, one-stop resource for literature students, each handbook provides the essential information and guidance needed from the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced knowledge and skills. Written in clear language by leading academics, they provide an indispensable introduction to key topics, including: • Introduction to authors, texts, historical and cultural contexts • Guides to key critics, concepts and topics • An overview of major critical approaches, changes in the canon and directions of current and future research • Case studies in reading literary and critical texts • Annotated bibliography (including websites), timeline, glossary of critical terms. __The Shakespeare Handbook__ is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare and early modern literature. The Shakespeare Handbook 4 Contents 6 Detailed Table of Contents 8 Acknowledgements 14 General Editors' Introduction 16 Foreword - How to use this Book 18 Part I: Shakespeare's Time 20 1 Andrew Hiscock and Stephen Longstaffe: Introduction: From Shakespeare to Shakespeare Studies 22 Shakespeare among his Contemporaries 22 The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 24 The Nineteenth Century 26 The Twentieth Century: the Growth in Professional Criticism 28 Bradley and Character Criticism 29 Shakespeare and the Anti-Bradleyan Reaction 33 Historicising Shakespeare 36 Peter Sillitoe: Shakespearean Timeline 40 2 William E. Engel: Historical Contexts for the Age of Shakespeare 45 Telling History, Then and Now 45 Religious Change 46 Roots of the Reformation in England 47 Henry VIII and the Church of England 48 The Protectorate: Edward VI 49 Mary Tudor: 'Bloody Mary' 50 Elizabeth's Middle Way 50 King James and the Bible 52 Commercial and Military Exchanges 53 Monopolies 53 Companies and Compacts 54 Colonial Ventures Abroad 55 Relations with Other Nations in the British Isles 55 Relations with the Continent: Martial and Marital 57 The Netherlands, France and Spain 58 Marriage Negotiations 58 Urban Growth in the Capital 60 Court Culture and Centres of Power 61 Conclusion 62 3 Stephen Longstaffe: Shakespeare's Literary and Cultural Contexts 65 Acting 66 Authorship 67 Blackfriars Playhouse 67 Blazon 68 Boy Players 69 Censorship 69 Classical Heritage 71 Comedy 71 Costumes 72 Court 73 Education 74 Globe Theatre 75 History Play 75 King James Bible 76 London 76 Masque 77 Earl of Oxford 78 Pastoral 78 Patronage 79 Plague 79 Playing Company 80 Props 81 Publishing 81 Repertoire 82 Rhetoric 83 Romance 83 Scenery 84 Stage Directions 84 Stages 85 Sumptuary Laws 85 Tragedy 85 Part II: How to Read Shakespeare 88 4 Kirk Melnikoff: Case Studies in Reading I: Reading the Texts 90 Shakespeare's English 91 Shakespeare's Verse 92 Analysing the Sonnet 94 Language and Dramatic Communication 96 Shakespeare's Prose 98 The Movement between Poetry and Prose 101 Shakespeare's Imagery 103 Plays as Dramatic Poems 105 Shakespeare's Word-play 106 Language and the Lower Orders 108 Shakespeare's Language Experts 109 5 Mark Robson: Case Studies in Reading II: From Texts to Theory 112 Shakespeare in Theory 112 Reading Reading 114 New Historicism 115 'Race' and Ethnicity 119 Gender and Sexuality 122 Psychoanalysis and Deconstruction 124 Shakespeare After Theory 129 6 Stuart Hampton-Reeves: Shakespeare in Performance and Film 131 A Player's Hide 131 Rediscovering Shakespeare in Performance 133 Shakespeare's Theatre 133 Viewing Shakespeare 135 Macbeth Workshop 136 The Ground Rules 136 Practice 138 Macbeth in Performance 141 The BBC Macbeth (1982) 141 The 'Patrick Stewart' Macbeth (2007) 142 Conclusion 146 7 Adrian Streete: Key Critical Concepts and Topics 148 Setting the Scene 148 Key Concept One: Authority 149 Key Concept Two: Carnivalesque 153 Key Concept Three: Colonialism and Race 155 Key Concept Four: Desire 156 Key Concept Five: Religion 159 Key Concept Six: Textuality 160 Conclusion 162 Part III: Shakespeare Studies Now 164 8 Lisa Hopkins: Recent Critical Responses and Approaches 166 Psychoanalysis 166 Feminist Criticism 169 New Historicism 172 Bakhtin 173 Cultural Materialism 176 Queer Theory 177 Presentism 179 Postcolonialism 181 British Studies 182 Ecocriticism 185 Performance Studies 187 Beyond Theory? 190 9 Gabriel Egan: New Contexts for Shakespeare 192 Shakespeare and Biography 192 Catholic Shakespeare 194 Shakespeare as Collaborator 196 Shakespeare as Author? 199 Textual Transmission 200 Man of the Theatre? 201 Editing Shakespeare 202 The Globe 204 Virtual Shakespeare 207 10 Willy Maley: Recent Issues in Shakespeare Studies: From Margins to Centre 209 What's at Issue? 209 Issue: Family, Lineage, Succession 214 Nationalism, Colonialism and Race 217 Republicanism 222 Sexuality 223 11 Ros King: Making Meanings: Shakespeare's Poetry for the Theatre 225 Words and Sounds 225 Memory and Performance History 226 Text and Performance 228 Shakespeare: Literary Author 228 Publishing Shakespeare, Performing Shakespeare 229 Shakespeare: Performance Poet 230 Peter Sillitoe: Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terminology 234 Appendix: David Webb: Shakespeare: Teaching, Curriculum and Learning 242 Notes on the Contributors 243 Notes 246 Robert C. Evans: Annotated Bibliography 247 Editions: One-volume Versions 247 Editions: Multi-volume Versions 247 Reference Works 248 Biographies 250 History of Criticism 250 Criticism: Important General Studies 250 Performance on Stage and Film 252 The Plays: Comedies 253 The Plays: History Plays 254 The Plays: Romances and Other Late Plays 255 The Plays: Tragedies 256 The Poems 258 Works Cited 259 Index 275 General Editor's Introduction PART 1: SHAKESPEARE'S TIME 1. Introduction - Andrew Hiscock and Stephen Longstaffe 2. A Shakespearean Timeline - Peter Sillitoe (University of Sheffield) 3. Shakespeare's Historical Context - William E. Engel(University of the South) 4. Shakespeare's Literary and Cultural Contexts - Stephen Longstaffe (St. Martin's College) PART II: HOW TO READ SHAKESPEARE 5. Case Studies in Reading I: Reading the Texts - Kirk Melnikoff (UNC Charlotte) 6. Case Studies in Reading II: From texts to Theory - Mark Robson (University of Nottingham) 7. Shakespeare in the theatre and on film - Stuart Hampton-Reeves (University of Central Lancashire) 8. Key Critical Concepts and Topics - Adrian Streete (Queen's University Belfast) PART III: SHAKESPEARE STUDIES NOW 9. Recent Critical Responses and Approaches, Lisa Hopkins (Sheffield Hallam University) 10. New Contexts for Shakespeare, Gabriel Egan (Loughborough University) 11. Recent Issues in Shakespearean Studies: From Margins to Centre, Willy Maley (Glasgow University) 12. Mapping the Current Critical Landscape, Ros King (University of Southampton) Annotated Bibliography, Robert Evans (Auburn University Montgomery) Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terminology, Peter Sillitoe (University of Sheffield) Appendix: Shakespeare: Teaching, Curriculum and Learning, David Webb (St. Martin's College, Lancaster) Notes on Contributors Index This title is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare and early modern literature. It provides a one-stop resource for students with the essential information and guidance needed from the beginning of a course through the developing more advanced knowledge and skills