Companion to Shakespeare

Name: Companion to Shakespeare
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ISBN: 9780631218784

ISBN-10: 0631218785

ISBN-13: 9780631218784

Edition: 1999

Authors: David Scott Kastan

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The 28 newly commissioned essays in this volume, written by the most distinguished historians and literary scholars working today, make up an authoritative account of Shakespeare's life and work.

Book details

List price: $64.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/29/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.70" long x 1.38" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

HYAM PLUTZIK (1911-1962) was the Deane Professor of Rhetoric and Poetry at the University of Rochester. The author of six volumes of poetry, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1961. DAVID SCOTT KASTAN is the George M. Bodman Professor of English at Yale University and one of the most widely read of American literary scholars.



Notes on contributors



Introduction



Shakespeare and the 'Elements' he lived in




Shakespeare I



Shakespeare the Man




Living



Shakespeare's England




Shakespeare's London




Religious Identities in Shakespeare's England




The Family and the Household




Shakespeare and Political Thought




Political Culture




Reading



'the Great Variety of Readers' and Early Modern Reading Practices




Reading the Bible




Reading the Classics




Reading History




Reading Vernacular literature




Writing



Professional Playwrighting




Shakespeare's 'Native English'




Hearing Shakespeare's Dramatic Verse




Shakespeare and Rhetorical Culture




Shakespeare and Genre




Playing



The Economics of Playing




The Chamberlain's-King's Men




Shakespeare's Repertory




Shakespeare's Playhouses




Licensing and Censorship




Printing



Shakespeare in Print, 1593-1640




'Precious Few': English Manuscript Playbooks




The Craft of Printing (1600)




The London Book-trade in 1600




Liberty, License and Authority: Press Censorship and Shakespeare




Shakespeare II



Shakespeare: the Myth



Index