Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide, Edited by Stanley Wells and Lena Co

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Pt. I Shakespeare's life and times 1
1 Why study Shakespeare? 3
2 Shakespeare's life and career 9
3 Theatre in London 20
4 Shakespeare's audiences 32
5 Conventions of playwriting 44
6 Shakespeare's fellow dramatists 55
7 The language of Shakespeare 67
8 Shakespeare's verse 79
9 The society of Shakespeare's England 93
10 Daily life in town and country 103
11 Love, sex, and marriage 114
12 Changing attitudes towards religion 127
13 Ideas of order 139
14 Shakespeare's view of the world 151
Pt. II Shakespearian genres 165
15 Introduction 167
16 Romantic comedies 175
Reading: Twelfth Night, or What You Will 186
17 English history plays 193
Reading: Henry V 205
18 Tragedies 212
Reading: Macbeth 224
19 Roman plays 231
Reading: Julius Caesar 242
20 Romances 249
Reading: The Winter's Tale 261
21 Comical and tragical 267
Reading: Measure for Measure 279
22 Non-dramatic poetry 286
Reading: Shakespeare's sonnets 300
23 Unfamiliar Shakespeare 308
Pt. III Shakespeare criticism 321
24 The critical tradition 323
25 Humanist interpretations 333
Reading: King Lear 344
26 Character criticism 351
Reading: Hamlet 363
27 Source study 373
Reading: As You Like It 384
28 Close reading 391
Reading: Richard III 403
29 Feminist criticism 411
Reading: Othello 424
30 Studies in sexuality 431
Reading: The Merchant of Venice 443
31 Psychoanalytic criticisms 451
Reading: Venus and Adonis 463
32 Materialist criticisms 472
Reading: Henry IV Part One 485
33 Post-colonial criticism 492
Reading: The Tempest 501
34 Deconstruction: Kiernan Ryan 508
Reading: Romeo and Juliet 518
35 Performance history: Shakespeare on the stage, 1660-2001 525
Reading: A Midsummer Night's Dream 540
36 Performance criticism 550
Reading: The Taming of the Shrew 560
Pt. IV Shakespeare's afterlife 569
37 Introduction 571
38 Shakespeare published 582
39 Shakespeare and the modern British theatre 595
40 Shakespeare on film and video 607
41 The question of authorship 620
42 Shakespeare's influence 633
43 Shakespeare and translation 645
44 Commemorating Shakespeare 658
45 Internet and CD ROM resources 673
Chronology 688
Index 693

Title: Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide

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Publication Date: April 2003

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reviewed Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide on December 24, 2014

Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide

Wonderful, wonderful, and still more wonderful!

This is, for my money, the most readable, approachable, intelligent introduction to Shakespeare studies that I've yet found. Each of the book's 45 chapters is written by a different scholar, and edited by Stanley Wells and Lena Cowen Orlin. Over the course of this 45 chapters, readers are given a detailed but comprehensive introduction to the headline topics. This includes Shakespeare's life from birth to death; the theatres and culture of his time; how plays were written, performed, and printed; Shakespeare's genres; close readings of several of the plays; performance practice through the ages; some of the main branches of Shakespearean criticism, ranging from post-colonial and feminist to new historicism; Shakespeare on film and in translation; and Shakespeare online. While the last of those categories is hopelessly outdated, the rest remains invaluable.

What the editors get right is that each chapter is written with a scholarly air, rather than presenting "Shakespeare for Dummies!". At the same time, I wish that some of my Penguin or Arden editions chose to include a few of these morsels. The plain-speaking explanation of the difference between iambs, trochees and spondees will be of much use to someone approaching Shakespeare with trepidation. Each chapter also includes a bibliography for suggested reading, which should be able to direct the keen reader to a wealth of knowledge.

Of course, at the end of the day, most chapters are roughly 10 pages long. This is an overview, and a ground-level one at that. But, after all, the joy of Shakespeare is in the discovery. I recommend this book to all - even if you're fairly well-read - as you'll find many avenues to explore in the future.

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	List of illustrations
	List of contributors
Pt. I	Shakespeare's life and times	1
1	Why study Shakespeare?	3
2	Shakespeare's life and career	9
3	Theatre in London	20
4	Shakespeare's audiences	32
5	Conventions of playwriting	44
6	Shakespeare's fellow dramatists	55
7	The language of Shakespeare	67
8	Shakespeare's verse	79
9	The society of Shakespeare's England	93
10	Daily life in town and country	103
11	Love, sex, and marriage	114
12	Changing attitudes towards religion	127
13	Ideas of order	139
14	Shakespeare's view of the world	151
Pt. II	Shakespearian genres	165
15	Introduction	167
16	Romantic comedies	175
	Reading: Twelfth Night, or What You Will	186
17	English history plays	193
	Reading: Henry V	205
18	Tragedies	212
	Reading: Macbeth	224
19	Roman plays	231
	Reading: Julius Caesar	242
20	Romances	249
	Reading: The Winter's Tale	261
21	Comical and tragical	267
	Reading: Measure for Measure	279
22	Non-dramatic poetry	286
	Reading: Shakespeare's sonnets	300
23	Unfamiliar Shakespeare	308
Pt. III	Shakespeare criticism	321
24	The critical tradition	323
25	Humanist interpretations	333
	Reading: King Lear	344
26	Character criticism	351
	Reading: Hamlet	363
27	Source study	373
	Reading: As You Like It	384
28	Close reading	391
	Reading: Richard III	403
29	Feminist criticism	411
	Reading: Othello	424
30	Studies in sexuality	431
	Reading: The Merchant of Venice	443
31	Psychoanalytic criticisms	451
	Reading: Venus and Adonis	463
32	Materialist criticisms	472
	Reading: Henry IV Part One	485
33	Post-colonial criticism	492
	Reading: The Tempest	501
34	Deconstruction: Kiernan Ryan	508
	Reading: Romeo and Juliet	518
35	Performance history: Shakespeare on the stage, 1660-2001	525
	Reading: A Midsummer Night's Dream	540
36	Performance criticism	550
	Reading: The Taming of the Shrew	560
Pt. IV	Shakespeare's afterlife	569
37	Introduction	571
38	Shakespeare published	582
39	Shakespeare and the modern British theatre	595
40	Shakespeare on film and video	607
41	The question of authorship	620
42	Shakespeare's influence	633
43	Shakespeare and translation	645
44	Commemorating Shakespeare	658
45	Internet and CD ROM resources	673
	Chronology	688
	Index	693