{"product_id":"a-companion-to-shakespeare-paperback-softback-9780631218784","title":"A Companion to Shakespeare (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631218784","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Shakespeare\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Scott Kastan (Edited by), DS Kastan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631218784, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 November 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e544 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.3 x 3.5 cm, 1.061 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\"This collection of 28 essays provides a historical overview of the conditions of Shakespeare's world.\" \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c!--end--\u003e\"No playgoer, reader, teacher or scholar should be without this elegant and indispensable guide to Shakespeare. It brings together the best in recent scholarship on the social history, contemporary reading, and institutions and material practices of writing, playing and printing in early modern England. Kastan has assembled a collection of essays with his peers and presented them with his characteristic intelligence and grace. The definitive Companion to Shakespeare.\" \u003ci\u003eKaren Newman, Brown University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A worthy companion indeed - every serious student of Shakespeare should carry this adroitly compiled collection of specialist essays on essential background constantly with them. Kastan has brought together a star cast of experts to help us to hear Shakespeare's distinctive voice, with all its historical and intellectual resonances, in a fresh and sharply clarified context.\" \u003ci\u003eLisa Jardine, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Literally indispensable for anyone interested in Shakespeare.\" \u003ci\u003ePatricia Parker, University of Stanford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"David Kastan has put together a dazzling collection of essays on Shakespeare. And one doesn't expect to be dazzled by that rather sedate animal, a Companion. This \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e represents the very best in recent scholarship and is at the same time lively, accessible, and often surprising. It is indeed indispensible.\" \u003ci\u003ePeter Stallybrass, University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Between them these specialist writers have assembled a series of essays which represent, for the time being at least, the last word in Shakespearean scholarship and research. It is difficult to think of any aspect of the dramatist's life, times and work which is not covered by this companion.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This companion can be confidently recommended as a paragon of Shakespearean research.\" \u003ci\u003eK.C.Harrison, Reference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The publication [...] of the monumental \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by David Scott Kastan, is a major event and one that should be celebrated for the breadth and depth of scholarship the book makes available to students.\" \u003ci\u003eYear's Work In English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable book for students and teachers of Shakespeare, indeed for anyone with an interest in his plays.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains 28 newly commissioned essays written by the most distinguished historians and literary scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSituates Shakespeare in the historical and cultural conditions in which he wrote\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two Shakespeare I\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three Living\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Four Reading\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Five Writing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Six Playing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Seven Printing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Eight Shakespeare II\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 503\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460656460056,"sku":"9780631218784","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631218784.jpg?v=1785456959","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-companion-to-shakespeare-paperback-softback-9780631218784","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}