{"product_id":"9780631226345","title":"A Companion to Shakespeare's Works, Volume III The Comedies","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to Shakespeare's Works, Volume III\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Comedies\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRichard Dutton | Jean E. Howard\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis four-volume \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Shakespeare's Works,\u003c\/i\u003e compiled as a single entity, offers a uniquely comprehensive snapshot of current Shakespeare criticism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together new essays from a mixture of younger and more established scholars from around the world - Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines each of Shakespeare's plays and major poems, using all the resources of contemporary criticism, from performance studies to feminist, historicist, and textual analysis.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVolumes are organized in relation to generic categories: namely the histories, the tragedies, the romantic comedies, and the late plays, problem plays and poems.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach volume contains individual essays on all texts in the relevant category, as well as more general essays looking at critical issues and approaches more widely relevant to the genre.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a provocative roadmap to Shakespeare studies at the dawning of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis companion to Shakespeare's comedies contains original essays on every comedy from \u003ci\u003eThe Two Gentlemen of Verona\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eTwelfth Night\u003c\/i\u003e as well as twelve additional articles on such topics as the humoral body in Shakespearean comedy, Shakespeare's comedies on film, Shakespeare's relation to other comic writers of his time, Shakespeare's cross-dressing comedies, and the geographies of Shakespearean comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRichard Dutton\u003c\/b\u003e is currently Professor of English at Lancaster University, author of \u003ci\u003eMastering the Revels: the Regulation and Censorship of Renaissance Drama\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) and \u003ci\u003eLicensing, Censorship and Authorship in Early Modern England:Buggeswords\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). He is editor of the \u003ci\u003ePalgrave Literary Lives\u003c\/i\u003e series. From 2003, he will be Professor of English at Ohio State University. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean E. Howard\u003c\/b\u003e is William E. Ransford Professor of English at Columbia University and a past president of the Shakespeare Association of America. She is an editor of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNorton Shakespeare,\u003c\/i\u003e and author of, among other works \u003ci\u003eThe Stage and Social Struggle in Early Modern England\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and, with Phyllis Rackin, of \u003ci\u003eEngendering a Nation: A Feminist Account of Shakespeare’s English Histories\u003c\/i\u003e (1997).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 June 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\u003e9780631226345\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e476\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e36.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314338787468,"sku":"9780631226345","price":241.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631226345.jpg?v=1780176201","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631226345","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}