A companion to Shakespeare
By: edited by David Scott Kastan.
Contributors: Kastan, David Scott.
Series: Blackwell companions to literature and culture
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 523
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Literature and history -- England -- History -- 16th century.; Literature and history -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Books and reading -- England -- History.; Printing -- England -- History.; Theater -- England -- History.; England -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.; England -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
Description: "This Companion to Shakespeare is for students and teachers of Shakespeare, indeed for anyone with an interest in his plays. It offers a remarkably innovative and comprehensive picture of the theatrical, literary, intellectual, and social worlds in which Shakespeare wrote and in which his plays were produced. Each individual essay stands as an authoritative account of the state of knowledge in its field, and in their totality the essays provide a new and compelling portrait of the historical conditions, both imaginative and institutional, that enabled (and in some cases inhibited) Shakespeare's great art."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.