Shakespeare on Page and Stage: Selected Essays

This volume presents a winning selection of the very best essays from the long and distinguished career of Stanley Wells, one of the most well-known and respected Shakespeare scholars in the world. Wells's accomplishments include editing the entire canon of Shakespeare plays for the ground-breaking Oxford Shakespeare and over his lifetime, Wells has made significant contributions to debates over literary criticism of the works, genre study, textual theory, Shakespeare's afterlife in the theatre, and contemporary performance. The volume is introduced by Peter Holland and its thirty chapters are divided into themed sections: "Shakespearian Influences," "Essays on Particular Works," "Shakespeare in the Theatre," and "Shakespeare's Text." An afterword by Margreta de Grazia concludes the volume.

Author: Stanley Wells
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 11/01/2016
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780198786542

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/12/2016
Library Journal 10/01/2016 pg. 80

About the Author
Sir Stanley Wells, described by Roy Hattersley as "our greatest authority on Shakespeare's life and work," is Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies of the University of Birmingham, and Honorary Emeritus Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. For nearly 20 years, he was the editor of the annual Shakespeare Survey and writes for the TLS and many other publications. He has edited The New Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare Studies and is General Editor (with Gary Taylor) of The Complete Oxford Shakespeare and co-author of William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion. His most recent books are Shakespeare For All Time, Looking for Sex in Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Sex, and Love, and Great Shakespeare Actors. He was knighted in 2016 for services to Shakespeare scholarship.