{"product_id":"9780631224693","title":"Shakespeare by Stages An Historical Introduction","description":"\u003ch1\u003eShakespeare by Stages\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Historical Introduction\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eArthur F. Kinney\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this engaging text, Arthur Kinney introduces students to Shakespeare’s plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on the material conditions of playing and of playgoing.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers venues, audiences, actors, society, government and regulation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach topic is considered in relation to a selection of Shakespeare's plays.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows students how the plays and the context in which they were produced illuminate one another.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eArthur F. Kinney\u003c\/b\u003e is Copeland Professor of Literary History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Director of the Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1999\u003ci\u003e), A Companion to Renaissance Drama\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2002) and of the journal \u003ci\u003eEnglish Literary Renaissance.\u003c\/i\u003e His other works include \u003ci\u003eElizabethan Backgrounds\u003c\/i\u003e (Second Edition, 1994), \u003ci\u003eRogues, Vagabonds and Sturdy Beggars\u003c\/i\u003e (Second Edition, 1995), \u003ci\u003eHumanist Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), and \u003ci\u003eLies Like Truth: Shakespeare, Macbeth, and the Cultural Moment\u003c\/i\u003e (2001).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 April 2003\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631224693\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e194\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379839201420,"sku":"9780631224693","price":47.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631224693_a17badc7-7ad7-4ec5-b140-a52d9f2cb569.jpg?v=1780283327","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631224693","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}