The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare

This lively and innovative introduction to Shakespeare promotes active engagement with the plays, rather than recycling factual information. Covering a range of texts, it is divided into seven subject-based chapters: Character; Performance; Texts; Language; Structure; Sources and History, and it does not assume any prior knowledge. Instead, it develops ways of thinking and provides the reader with resources for independent research through the 'Where next?' sections at the end of each chapter. The book draws on scholarship without being overwhelmed by it, and unlike other introductory guides to Shakespeare it emphasizes that there is space for new and fresh thinking by students and readers, even on the most-studied and familiar plays.

Author: Emma Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/09/2007
Pages: 178
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780521855990

About the Author
Smith, Emma: - Emma Smith is Fellow and Tutor in English at Hertford College, University of Oxford.