{"product_id":"9781350439290","title":"Winter's Tale A Critical Reader","description":"\u003ch3\u003eArden Early Modern Drama Guides\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWinter's Tale\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Critical Reader\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePeter Kirwan | Lisa Hopkins | Todd Borlik | Andrew Hiscock\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn international group of scholars reappraise \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e through a series of research essays covering performance history, critical history, and new interpretations\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNavigating the play's fluctuating genre conventions, onstage spectacle and leaps across time, scholars consider how eco-materiality, radical hospitality, childhood, gender, and critical race studies shape contemporary understandings and staging of a play that defies easy definition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy charting these changing interpretive trends, readers are introduced to a rich body of scholarship which shows how the play can be used to confront the experiences of those marginalized by race, age, gender, and nationality, to place fresh attention on the economic and material structures that define the dramatic plot of the play. As \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e's depictions of patriarchal violence, vulnerability, economic disparity, border crossings and exploitation continue to draw attention, this guide serves as an invaluable resource for scholars, students and audiences alike. Complete with pedagogical tools including resources and strategies for approaching the play in the classroom, this Critical Reader is an essential collection of scholarship on one of Shakespeare's most audacious experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTodd Andrew Borlik\u003c\/b\u003e is Clinical Assistant Teaching Professor at Purdue University. USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Kirwan \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Shakespeare and Performance at Mary Baldwin University, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Arden Shakespeare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350439290\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\u003e296\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.16\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936350896268,"sku":"9781350439290","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_ea572d6f-e81a-40d0-bfa3-0cd2ef22ef16.jpg?v=1786018338","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350439290","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}