This book sets Shakespeare in the religious context of his times presenting a ...This book sets Shakespeare in the religious context of his times presenting a balanced up-to-date account of current biographical and critical debates and addressing the fascinating under-studied topic of how Shakespeare s writing was perceived by...more
Helen Cooper s unique study examines how continuations of medieval culture int...Helen Cooper s unique study examines how continuations of medieval culture into the early modern period forged Shakespeare s development as a dramatist and poet. Medieval culture pervaded his life and work from his childhood spent within reach of the...more
The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeareand Social Justice is a wide-rangin...The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Social Justice is a wide-ranging authoritative guide to research on Shakespeare and issues of social justice and arts activism by an international team of leading scholars directors arts activists and...more
Who said Neither a lender or borrower be who loved not wisely but too well and...Who said Neither a lender or borrower be who loved not wisely but too well and whose salad days are now behind her? If you have ever struggled to remember a Shakespeare quote this is the book for you. It has over 3 000 quotes from single lines to quite...more
John Jakes often called the people s author and godfather of the historical no...John Jakes often called the people s author and godfather of the historical novel has made American history come to life in his series The Kent Family Chronicles and The North and South Trilogy. Through these novels Jakes conveys the sweep of American...more
The Routledge Companion to Religionand Film brings together a lively and expe...The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film brings together a lively and experienced team of contributors to introduce students to the key topics in religion and film and to investigate the ways in which the exciting subject of religion and film is...more
This volume in the long-running and acclaimed Shakespeare Dictionary series is...This volume in the long-running and acclaimed Shakespeare Dictionary series is a detailed critical reference work examining all aspects of magic good and evil across Shakespeare s works. Topics covered include the representation of fairies witches...more
Shakespeare lived when knowledge of plants and their uses was a given but also...Shakespeare lived when knowledge of plants and their uses was a given but also at a time of unique interest in plants and gardens.His lifetime saw the beginning of scientific interest in plants the first large-scale plant introductions from outside the...more
Which plays are included under the heading Shakespeare s last plays and when d...Which plays are included under the heading Shakespeare s last plays and when does Shakespeare s last period begin? What is meant by a late play and what are the benefits in defining plays in this way? Reflecting the recent growth of interest in late...more
This four-volume Companion to Shakespeare s Works compiled as a single entity ...This four-volume Companion to Shakespeare s Works compiled as a single entity offers a uniquely comprehensive snapshot of current Shakespeare criticism. Brings together new essays from a mixture of younger and more established scholars from around the...more
A substantial reference work that supersedes existing studies the Companion ex...A substantial reference work that supersedes existing studies the Companion explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities past and present. The arts are defined broadly as cultural processes that...more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is p...This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United...more
Puritan was originally a term of contempt and Puritanism has often been stereo...Puritan was originally a term of contempt and Puritanism has often been stereotyped by critics and admirers alike. As a distinctive and particularly intense variety of early modern Reformed Protestantism it was a product of acute tensions within the...more
This Companion offers an up-to-date overview of the beliefs doctrines and prac...This Companion offers an up-to-date overview of the beliefs doctrines and practices of the key philosophical concepts at the heart of Christian theology. The sixteen chapters commissioned specially for this volume are written by an internationally...more