Shakespeare - An Oxford Guide (Paperback, Annotated Ed)

Edited by Stanley Wells and Lena Cowen Orlin, this comprehensive guide to Shakespeare comprises over 40 specially commissioned essays by an outstanding team of contemporary Shakespeare scholars. The volume is divided into four key parts - 'Shakespeare's life and times,' 'Shakespearean Genres', 'Shakespeare Criticism', and 'Shakespeare's Afterlife' - and as a whole provides an accessible, practical, and stimulating guide to all aspects of Shakespeare studies.