The Shakespeare Handbook
Published on 28. May 2009
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-8264-9521-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Shakespeare Handbook 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 to developing more advanced knowledge and skills. It includes: - introductions to key texts and 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 theoretical and critical texts - annotated further reading (including websites), timeline and aglossary of critical terms. Written in clear language by leading academics, it is an indispensable starting point for anyone beginning their study of Shakespeare.
Reviews / Votes
"Clear, wide-ranging, and full of variety. This volume provides an accessible, and stimulating introduction to the study of Shakespeare, and is particularly fascinating for its extensive coverage of useful detail, its carefully staged treatment of particular topics, and for its overview of the productive tensions that characterise this vibrant field of study." - Professor John Drakakis, Department of English Studies, University of Stirling, UK. As with the book as a whole, [chapter 7] could be used to organize a series of seminars: prompts for further discussion on each topic are included, with specific scenes suggested as cues for closer reading. -- The Year's Work in English Studies, Volume 90 A technical, skills-oriented manual... the Shakespeare Handbook offers students an invaluable critical glossary that is simultaneously theoretical and practical... [offers] undergraduate classroom-friendly snapshots of the history and methods of Shakespearean criticism. -- Studies in English LiteratureMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
587 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-9521-1 (9780826495211)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Andrew Hiscock | Stephen Longstaffe
The Shakespeare Handbook
E-Book
05/2009
1st Edition
Continuum Publishing Corporation
€35.49
Available for download
Persons
Andrew Hiscock is Professor of English at Bangor University, UK. Stephen Longstaffe is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Cumbria, UK.
Content
Series Introduction; PART 1: FROM SHAKESPEARE TO SHAKESPEARE STUDIES; 1. Introduction: overview - Andrew Hiscock and Stephen Longstaffe Timeline - Peter Sillitoe, University of Sheffield; 2. Shakespeare's Historical Context - Tom Betteridge, Oxford Brookes University; 3. Shakespeare's Literary and Cultural Contexts: Major Figures, Institutions, Topics, Events, Movements - Ann Kaegi, University of Hull; PART II: HOW TO READ SHAKESPEARE; 4. Case Studies in Reading 1: Key Primary Texts - Clare McManus, Roehampton Institute; 5. Case Studies in Reading 2: From texts to theories - Mark Robson, University of Nottingham; 6. Case Studies in Reading 3: Shakespeare in the theatre and on film - Stuart Hampton-Reeves, University of Central Lancashire; 7. Key critical concepts and topics - Adrian Streete, Queen's University Belfast; PART III: SHAKESPEARE STUDIES NOW; 8. Recent Critical Responses and Approaches, Lisa Hopkins, Sheffield Hallam University; 9. New contexts for Shakespeare, Gabriel Egan, Loughborough University; 10. Shakespearean Issues, Willy Maley, Glasgow University; 11. Mapping the Current Critical Landscape, Kate McKluskie; Glossary of critical and theoretical terminology, Peter Sillitoe, University of Sheffield; Annotated Bibliography, Robert Evans, Auburn University Montgomery; Appendix: Teaching, Curriculum and Learning David Webb, St. Martin's College, Lancaster.