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This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes one through ten present critical overviews of each play and feature criticism from the 17th century to the present. Volumes 11-26 focus on the history of Shakespeares plays on the stage and in important film adaptations. Volumes 27-56 focus on criticism published after 1960 and provide readers with thematic approaches to Shakespeares works. Starting with Vol. 57, the series provides general criticism published since 1990 and historical criticism not featured in previous volumes on four to five plays or works per volume. Beginning with Vol. 60, the series replaced its annual compilation of essays representing the years most noteworthy Shakespearean scholarship with topic entries, comprised of essays that analyze various topics or themes found Shakespeares works. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text. Each volume includes a cumulative character index, a topic index and a topic index arranged by play title.
Reissuing works originally published between 1984 and 1995, this set brings back into print early volumes from the Shakespearean Criticism Series originally edited by Joseph Price. The books present selections of renowned scholarship on each play, touching on performances as well as the dramatic literature. The pieces included are a mixture of influential historical criticism, more modern interpretations and enlightening reviews, most of which were published in wide-spread places before these compilations were first made. Companions to the plays, these books showcase critical opinion and scholarly debate.
Presents literary criticism on the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, newspapers, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Includes commentary by Shakespeare's contemporaries as well as a full range of views from later centuries, with an emphasis on contemporary analysis. Includes aesthetic criticism, textual criticism, and criticism of Shakespeare in performance.
Matthew Arnold Paid The Highest Tribute To Shakespeare When He Said In To Shakespeare , Others Abide Our Question. Thou Art Free . During The Last Four Centuries Shakespeare Criticism Has Become A Heavy Industry And Already Comprises More Than Two Hundred Thousand Individual Titles.Anne Bradby S Book, Shakespeare Criticism (1919-1935), A Carefully Selected Collection Of Critical Essays On Shakespeare Is A Valuable Contribution To Shakespeareana. Even Within Its Limited Scope, The Fine Critical Insights Of Eminent Shakespearean Critics Like J.M. Robertson, Caroline Spurgeon, E.E. Stoll, W.W. Greg, H. Granville-Barker, T.S. Eliot, Middleton Murry, H.B. Charlton, Wilson Knight And Others Give The Readers A Feel Of The Depth And Range Of Shakespearean Scholarship, Illuminate The Plays And Reveal The Limitless Opulence Of The Dramatic Wealth Of Shakespeare, Our Contemporary .The Book Which Has, Over The Years, Justly Become A Companion Of The Students Of Shakespeare Is Also Sure To Fascinate And Delight Any Common Reader To Whom Shakespeare Means Something.
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes one through ten present critical overviews of each play and feature criticism from the 17th century to the present. Volumes 11-26 focus on the history of Shakespeares plays on the stage and in important film adaptations. Volumes 27-56 focus on criticism published after 1960 and provide readers with thematic approaches to Shakespeares works. Starting with Vol. 57, the series provides general criticism published since 1990 and historical criticism not featured in previous volumes on four to five plays or works per volume. Beginning with Vol. 60, the series replaced its annual compilation of essays representing the years most noteworthy Shakespearean scholarship with topic entries, comprised of essays that analyze various topics or themes found Shakespeares works. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text. Each volume includes a cumulative character index, a topic index and a topic index arranged by play title.