The Shakespeare Handbook

Andrew Hiscock, Stephen Longstaffe

• Publisher: Continuum
• Year: 2009
• ISBN:
  9781441189790
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism of Shakespeare
• Index: Literature

Literature and Culture Handbooks are an innovative series of guides to major periods, topics and authors in British and American literature and culture. Designed to provide a comprehensive, one-stop resource for literature students, each handbook provides the essential information and guidance needed from the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced knowledge and skills. Written in clear language by leading academics, they provide an indispensable introduction to key topics, including:
• Introduction to authors, texts, historical and cultural contexts
• Guides to key critics, concepts and topics
• An overview of major critical approaches, changes in the canon and directions of current and future research
• Case studies in reading literary and critical texts
• Annotated bibliography (including websites), timeline, glossary of critical terms.
The Shakespeare Handbook is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare and early modern literature.

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• General Editors’ Introduction
• Foreword – How to use this Book
• Part I: Shakespeare’s Time
• Part II: How to Read Shakespeare
• Part III: Shakespeare Studies Now
• Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terminology
• Appendix: Shakespeare: Teaching, Curriculum and Learning
• Notes on the Contributors
• Notes
• Annotated Bibliography
• Works Cited
• Index