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Shakespeare: Criticism and Theory is an anthology of the most significant essays and book chapters published on Shakespeare in the second half of the twentieth century.

  • An anthology of about 50 of the most significant essays and book chapters published on Shakespeare in the second half of the twentieth century.
  • Introduces students to the variety of theoretical positions, thematic claims, methodologies, and modes of argument in Shakespeare criticism over the last 50 years.
  • Critical views represented range from the old style historicism of E.M.W. Tillyard and the new criticism of William Empson to the new historicism of Stephen Greenblatt and the feminist perspective of Catherine Belsey.
  • Pieces are organised into categories of critical thought and introduced in clear language.
  • Most pieces are reproduced in their entirety.


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Shakespeare: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 19452000 contains many of the most significant essays and book chapters published on Shakespeare in the second half of the twentieth century. It introduces students of Shakespeare to the variety of theoretical positions, thematic claims, methodologies, and modes of argument that have contributed to the current critical landscape.The collection consists of 49 essays written by a broad range of authors, from E. M. W. Tillyard and William Empson, who represent old-style historicism and a version of New Criticism respectively, to Stephen Greenblatt and Catherine Belsey, who respond to and refute the insights of their predecessors. The essays are organized into categories of critical thought and introduced in clear and accessible language. Taken together, they chronicle a particularly stimulating period in the history of literary study.

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King Lear, New York, Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, The Winter's Tale, Shakespeare Quarterly, Lady Macbeth, Cambridge University Press, Stephen Greenblatt, English Renaissance, Clarendon Press, Julius Caesar, Love's Labour's Lost, Dover Wilson, Queen Elizabeth, New Critical, The Merry Wives of Windsor, New Comedy, New Haven, Sir John, University of California Press, Ben Jonson, Oxford University Press
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