Title: Reading Shakespeare
Description: In a lively introduction to Shakespeare's life, career and the theatre of his day, Michael Alexander returns to the basics of how to read Shakespeare's works as literary texts. Surveying the most popular and widely-studied plays and sonnets, he elaborates upon the historical, cultural and literary contexts that surrounded their creation.
Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, Examinations, DRAMA / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, Study guides, Criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretation, Drama