{"title":"Shakespeare studies \u0026 criticism","description":"Books on the subject of Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism","products":[{"product_id":"shakespeare-for-freedom-why-the-plays-matter-hardback-9781107130852","title":"Shakespeare for Freedom; Why the Plays Matter (Hardback) 9781107130852","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShakespeare for Freedom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWhy the Plays Matter\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShakespeare for Freedom shows why Shakespeare has mattered for four hundred years, and why he still matters today.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEwan Fernie (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107130852, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 March 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 2 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'In this absorbing, passionate book, Ewan Fernie ranges through the histories (and geographies) of Shakespearean appropriation, and offers insightful readings of some of the plays' characters, in an effort to inspire contemporary audiences to revive Shakespeare's liberating political potential now … It is hard not to experience a profound admiration for Fernie's work …' Spenser Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eShakespeare for Freedom presents a powerful, plausible and political argument for Shakespeare's meaning and value. It ranges across the breadth of the Shakespeare phenomenon, offering a new interpretation not just of the characters and plays, but also of the part they have played in theatre, criticism, civic culture and politics. Its story includes a glimpse of 'Freetown' in Romeo and Juliet, which comes to life in the 1769 Stratford Jubilee; the Shakespearean careers of the Leicester Chartist, Cooper, and the Hungarian hero, Kossuth; Hegel's recognition of Shakespearean freedom as the modern breakthrough; its fatal effects in America; the disgust it inspired in Tolstoy; its rehabilitation by Ted Hughes, and its obscure centrality in the 2012 Olympics. Ultimately, it issues a positive Shakespearean prognosis for freedom as a vital (in both senses), unending struggle. Shakespeare for Freedom shows why Shakespeare has mattered for four hundred years, and why he still matters today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Reclaiming Shakespearean freedom\u003cbr\u003e 2. Shakespeare means freedom\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Freetown!' (Romeo and Juliet)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Freetown-upon-Avon\u003cbr\u003e 5. Freetown-am-Main\u003cbr\u003e 6. Free artists of their own selves!\u003cbr\u003e 7. Freetown philosopher\u003cbr\u003e 8. Against Shakespearean freedom\u003cbr\u003e 9. 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Gefen Bar-On Santor, Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRanging from David Garrick's Macbeth in the 1740s to the World Shakespeare Festival in London 2012, this is the first book to provide in-depth analysis of the history and practice of Shakespearean theatre reviewing. Reviewing Shakespeare describes the changing priorities and interpretative habits of theatre critics as they have both responded to and provoked innovations in Shakespearean performance culture over the last three centuries. It analyses the conditions – theatrical, journalistic, social and personal – in which Shakespearean reception has taken place, presenting original readings of the works of key critics (Shaw, Beerbohm, Agate and Tynan), whilst also tracking broader historical shifts in the relationship between reviewers and performance. Prescott explores the key function of the 'night-watch constable' in patrolling the boundaries of legitimate Shakespearean performance and offers a compelling account of the many ways in which newspaper reviews are uniquely fruitful documents for anyone interested in Shakespeare and the theatre.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. An introduction to the night-watch constable\u003cbr\u003e 2. Tradition and the individual talent: reviewing the Macbeth actor c.1740s–1890s\u003cbr\u003e 3. New journalism, new critics c.1890–1910\u003cbr\u003e 4. The reviewer in transition c.1920–60\u003cbr\u003e 5. New contexts, new crises (1997–2012): reviewing from the opening of Shakespeare's Globe to the World Shakespeare Festival 2012\u003cbr\u003e Works cited.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Shakespeare%20studies%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDSGS%5D%22\"\u003eDSGS\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e], Shakespeare plays [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Shakespeare plays\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Shakespeare%20plays%20%5BDDS%5D%22\"\u003eDDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004372963608,"sku":"9781107021495","price":84.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107021495i_890f6b14-11ff-46d5-8b5e-7267d6730a4a.jpg?v=1691361120"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-early-modern-political-thought-hardback-9780521768085","title":"Shakespeare and Early Modern Political Thought (Hardback) 9780521768085","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShakespeare and Early Modern Political Thought\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeading literary scholars and historians examine Shakespeare's engagement with the characteristic questions of early modern political thought.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Armitage (Edited by), Conal Condren (Edited by), Andrew Fitzmaurice (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521768085, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 September 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e302 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.7 x 2 cm, 0.62 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: '… [this] book represents a new synthesis of method and approach, and the definitive starting point for any future exploration of the 'political' Shakespeare.' Ian Donaldson, University of Melbourne\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is the first collaborative volume to place Shakespeare's works within the landscape of early modern political thought. Until recently, literary scholars have not generally treated Shakespeare as a participant in the political thought of his time, unlike his contemporaries Ben Jonson, Edmund Spenser and Philip Sidney. At the same time, historians of political thought have rarely turned their attention to major works of poetry and drama. A distinguished international and interdisciplinary team of contributors examines the full range of Shakespeare's writings in order to challenge conventional interpretations of plays central to the canon, such as Hamlet; open up novel perspectives on works rarely considered to be political, such as the Sonnets; and focus on those that have been largely neglected, such as The Merry Wives of Windsor. The result is a coherent and challenging portrait of Shakespeare's distinctive engagement with the characteristic questions of early modern political thought.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction David Armitage, Conal Condren and Andrew Fitzmaurice\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Contexts: 1. Shakespeare's properties David Armitage\u003cbr\u003e 2. The active and contemplative lives in Shakespeare's plays Cathy Curtis\u003cbr\u003e 3. Shakespeare and the ethics of authority Stephen Greenblatt\u003cbr\u003e 4. Shakespeare and the politics of superstition Susan James\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Court: 5. Counsel, succession and the politics of Shakespeare's Sonnets Cathy Shrank\u003cbr\u003e 6. Educating Hamlet and Prince Hal Aysha Pollnitz\u003cbr\u003e 7. The corruption of Hamlet Andrew Fitzmaurice\u003cbr\u003e 8. Unfolding 'the properties of government': the case of Measure for Measure and the history of political thought Conal Condren\u003cbr\u003e 9. Shakespeare and the politics of co-authorship: Henry VIII Jennifer Richards\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Commonwealth: 10. Putting the city into Shakespeare's city comedy Phil Withington\u003cbr\u003e 11. Talking to the animals: persuasion, counsel and their discontents in Julius Caesar David Colclough\u003cbr\u003e 12. Political rhetoric and citizenship in Coriolanus Markku Peltonen\u003cbr\u003e 13. Shakespeare and the best state of a commonwealth Eric Nelson\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: Shakespeare and humanist culture Quentin Skinner.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e], Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Shakespeare%20studies%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDSGS%5D%22\"\u003eDSGS\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20plays%20\u0026amp;%20playwrights%20%5BDSG%5D%22\"\u003eDSG\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201500%20to%20c%201800%20%5BDSBD%5D%22\"\u003eDSBD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004595720472,"sku":"9780521768085","price":69.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521768085i_5b675c67-3f93-4e35-b23d-8dd0bc99f748.jpg?v=1691380918"},{"product_id":"shakespeares-workplace-essays-on-shakespearean-theatre-hardback-9781107167841","title":"Shakespeare's Workplace; Essays on Shakespearean Theatre (Hardback) 9781107167841","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShakespeare's Workplace\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays on Shakespearean Theatre\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Gurr's work offers the best access to the original Shakespearean theatre. This is a selection of his key essays.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew Gurr (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107167841, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 October 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.57 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Andrew Gurr has spent his career illuminating what he calls the 'dark penumbra' around every early modern play … Gurr's approach, which has influenced so much of the field, moves from specific pragmatic or historical questions ('were there three doors for players to enter the stage, or only two? What might the first players have done to cope with the Globe's two large structural pillars on the stage?') to the much broader 'whether the ear or the eye had priority in early modern theatre?' Elizabeth Scott-Baumann, The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eShakespeare was easily the most inventive writer using the English language. His plays give us intricacies of vocabulary and usage that have enriched us immeasurably. This book provides a series of analytical essays on the marginalia relating to the plays. Each of them is a searching and authoritative account, packed with details, of some of the more peculiar conditions under which Shakespeare and his peers composed their playbooks. Among the essays are two completely new contributions. Altogether they reveal fresh details about the input of the playing companies, playhouses, individual players and even their controller, the Revels Office, to the complex fragments that we now have of the Shakespearean world. Gurr examines Shakespeare's own choice between playwriting and poetry, the requirements of working in a playhouse that wraps itself around the stage, and its impact on the creation of such figures as Henry V, Shylock, Isabella, King Lear and Coriolanus.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Note on the text\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Henry Carey's peculiar letter\u003cbr\u003e 3. Venues on the verges: London's theatre government between 1594 and 1614 \u003cbr\u003e 4. Three reluctant patrons and early Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e 5. The great divide of 1594\u003cbr\u003e 6. The choice between plays and poems\u003cbr\u003e 7. Accommodating the Revels Office\u003cbr\u003e 8. The war of 1614–18: Jacobean absolutism, local authority, and a crisis of overproduction\u003cbr\u003e 9. Metatheatre and the fear of playing\u003cbr\u003e 10. Why was the Globe round?\u003cbr\u003e 11. The general and the caviar: learned audiences in the early theatre\u003cbr\u003e 12. Headless Coriolanus\u003cbr\u003e 13. Rethinking Shylock\u003cbr\u003e 14. Measure for Measure's hoods and masks: the Duke, Isabella, and liberty\u003cbr\u003e 15. The transforming of Henry V\u003cbr\u003e 16. Headgear as a paralinguistic signifier in King Lear\u003cbr\u003e 'The cause is in my will': a bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e], Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Shakespeare%20studies%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDSGS%5D%22\"\u003eDSGS\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201500%20to%20c%201800%20%5BDSBD%5D%22\"\u003eDSBD\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary essays [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary essays\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20essays%20%5BDNF%5D%22\"\u003eDNF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004774568216,"sku":"9781107167841","price":94.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107167841i_9a797177-225c-4eb3-8eb7-70f157765da5.jpg?v=1691362518"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-seen-image-performance-and-society-hardback-9781107193246","title":"Shakespeare Seen; Image, Performance and Society (Hardback) 9781107193246","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShakespeare Seen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eImage, Performance and Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShows how illustrated editions and paintings of the plays were originally produced and read as critical, social and political statements.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStuart Sillars (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107193246, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 December 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages, 81 b\/w illus.  32 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e25.3 x 19.5 x 2.3 cm, 1.03 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Stuart Sillars offers a model of careful interpretation, of these images' idiom and taste, their devices, in constant reference to the plays themselves and contemporaneous performance … both his methods and terms will prove valuable to those wishing to understand the relationship between Shakespeare as performed and as seen.' 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criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Shakespeare studies \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Shakespeare%20studies%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDSGS%5D%22\"\u003eDSGS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The Bodleian Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46740039598360,"sku":"9781851244058","price":11.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"the-cambridge-guide-to-the-worlds-of-shakespeare-2-volume-hardback-set-multiple-component-retail-product-9781107057258","title":"The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare 2 Volume Hardback Set (Multiple-component retail product) 9781107057258","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare 2 Volume Hardback Set\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis transhistorical, international and interdisciplinary work will be of interest to students, theater professionals and Shakespeare scholars.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBruce R. Smith (Edited by), Katherine Rowe (Associate editor), Ton Hoenselaars (With), Akiko Kusunoki (With), Andrew Murphy (With), Aimara da Cunha Resende (With)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107057258, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMultiple-component retail product, published 21 January 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e2248 pages, 332 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e28.7 x 22.5 x 8.5 cm, 4.73 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare gives its readers an abundance of both pleasure and profitable insight.' Jean E. 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The Historical William Shakespeare Peter Holland\u003cbr\u003e Part XIII. Shakespeare's Fellows Stanley Wells\u003cbr\u003e Part XIV. Shakespeare's Early Reception (to 1660) Charles Whitney. Volume 2. The World's Shakespeare, 1660–Present: Part XV. International Encounters Ton Hoenselaars\u003cbr\u003e Part XVI. Making the Scene Bruce R. Smith\u003cbr\u003e Part XVII. Shakespeare as a Cultural Icon Jyotsna Singh\u003cbr\u003e Part XVIII. Shakespeare and Popular Culture Doug Lanier\u003cbr\u003e Part XIX. Translation Dirk Delabastita\u003cbr\u003e Part XX. Changing Technologies of Stage Performance Shoichiro Kawai\u003cbr\u003e Part XXI. Audiences Lori Newcomb\u003cbr\u003e Part XXII. Production History Joseph Roach\u003cbr\u003e Part XXIII. Printing and Reception History Andrew Murphy\u003cbr\u003e Part XXIV. Shakespeare and the Book Georgianna Ziegler\u003cbr\u003e Part XXV. Shakespeare and the Critics Lars Engle\u003cbr\u003e Part XXVI. 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