Twelfth Night: Contemporary Critical Essays: 115 (New Casebooks) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333606779 ISBN 13: 9780333606773

Publisher: Palgrave, 1996

Synopsis

This volume presents a wide range of recent critical essays exemplifying different approaches to Shakespeare's work in general and Twelfth Night in particular. Essays are written from positions of new historicism, deconstruction, feminism, Marxism, reader response, and others. The introduction, written especially for the volume, makes accessible to students at all levels the diversity of the contemporary study of Shakespeare and its wider importance.

About this title

Book Description:

For four centuries Twelfth Night has inspired theatre directors and performers. Surveying a dazzling range of Twelfth Night productions – including many significant productions which have not received due critical attention previously – Schafer provides the reader with an indispensable stage history of this popular play, from its first performance to today.

About the Author:

William Shakespeare was born some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and died in 1616. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Michael Dobson is Director of the Shakespeare Institute and Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of Birmingham.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0333606779
• ISBN 13: 9780333606773
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: White R.