Title:
Critical survey of Shakespeare's plays / editor, Joseph Rosenblum.
Author:
Rosenblum, Joseph, editor.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays. Selections.
Publication Information:
Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2015]
©2015
Call Number:
PR2894 .C75 2015
Abstract:
Written by leading experts in the field of Shakespearean studies, Critical Survey of Shakespeare's Plays closely examines all 39 of Shakespeare's plays, as well as Shakespeare's life, style, technique, and influences. This title begins with a biography of Shakespeare and an introduction to his plays as a whole, followed by close readings of individual plays. Each essay is devoted to a single work and provides an in-depth critical analysis of the play's historical significance, literary/dramatic techniques, and meaning to a contemporary audience. An abstract, explanation of context, and lists of keywords, works cited, and recommended books for further study also enhance each essay. -- Amazon.
Edition:
[Second edition].
ISBN:
9781619258648
Physical Description:
xvii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
General Note:
Originally published as: Shakespeare. ©1998.
Edition statement supplied by publisher.
Contents:
Summary of contents: Introduction -- Alphabetical list of works -- Categorized list of works -- Chronological list of works -- Biography -- The plays -- The poetry -- Character index -- Quotation index -- Subject index.
About this Volume. List of Contributors. Introduction. Alphabetical List of Works. Categorized List of Works. Chronological List of Works. Biography. Biographical Time Line -- The Man / Harold Branam -- The Dramatist / Robert F. Willson Jr., John R. Holmes, Joseph Rosenblum -- The Poet / Gary F. Waller -- Shakespeare's Enduring Allure / Joseph Rosenblum -- Women's Speech in the Age of Shakespeare / Kathleen Kalpin Smith -- Familial Rights and Responsibilities in Romeo and Juliet and King Lear / Rafeeq O. McGiveron -- Playing Shakespeare at the Globe / Dominic Dromgoole.
The Plays : All's Well That Ends Well / Shakuntala Jayaswal ; Antony and Cleopatra / Edward E. Foster ; As You Like It / Brian L. Mark ; The Comedy of Errors / H. Alan Pickrell ; Coriolanus / Gina and Andrew Macdonald ; Cymbeline, Edward III / Joseph Rosenblum ; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / Edward E. Foster ; Henry IV, Part I / John L. Grigsby ; Henry IV, Part II / Stanley Archer ; Henry V / James Marc Hovde, Gina Macdonald ; Henry VI, pt. I / Susan Henthorne ; Henry VI, pt. II / Susan Henthorne ; Henry VI, Part III, Henry VIII / Nicholas Birns ; Julius Caesar / Kenneth John Atchity ; King John, King Lear / Edward E. Foster ; Love's Labour's Lost / Shakuntala Jayaswal ; Macbeth, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice / Edward E. Foster ; The Merry Wives of Windsor ; A Midsummer Night's Dream / Sandra K. Fischer ; Much Ado About Nothing / David L. Kubal ; Othello, the Moor of Venice / Edward E. Foster ; Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Richard II / Kenneth John Atchity ; Richard III / Edward E. Foster ; Romeo and Juliet / Kenneth John Atchity ; The Taming of the Shrew / Robert G. Blake ; The Tempest / Muriel B. Ingham ; Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus / Robert G. Blake ; Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night: Or, What You Will / Edward E. Foster ; The Two Gentlemen of Verona / Thomas Amherst Perry ; The Two Noble Kinsmen ; The Winter's Tale / Kenneth John Atchity.
The Poetry. A Lover's Complaint / Joseph Rosenblum -- The Passionate Pilgrim / Joseph Rosenblum -- The Phoenix and the Turtle / Joseph Rosenblum -- The Rape of Lucrece / Edward E. Foster -- Venus and Adonis / Edward E. Foster -- A Brief History of Shakespeare Studies / Joseph Rosenblum -- Guide to Free Online Resources to Shakespeare's Plays / Rafeeq O. McGiveron.
U.S. Shakespeare Festivals / Michael Rogers -- Bibliography / Joseph Rosenblum.
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