Title: Oxford Handbook of the Age of Shakespeare
Description: This handbook presents a broad sampling of current historical scholarship on Shakespeare's period that it is hoped will prove useful to scholars of his poems and plays. Rather than attempting to summarize the historical `background' to Shakespeare, individual chapters explore numerous topics and methodologies at the forefront of current historical research.
Subjects: Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretation, Literature and society, English prose literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, History, English literature, History and criticism