The Cambridge Shakespeare Library 3 Volume Hardback Set - 9780521824330

The Cambridge Shakespeare Library 3 Volume Hardback SetShakespeare's Times, Texts and Stages; Shakespeare Criticism; Shakespeare Performance\nAuthor(s): Catherine Alexander\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521824330, 978-0521824330\nSynopsis\nThese three volumes represent the best Shakespeare criticism of the last fifty years. 140 articles have been organised under three main headings with substantial introductory essays. The first volume, introduced by Stanley Wells, includes pieces on Shakespeare's life and times, the texts of his plays and their staging in the period; the second, introduced by Terence Hawkes, covers the many different schools and trends of literary criticism applied to Shakespeare since the Second World War; the third, introduced by Peter Holland, includes performance-centred articles on staging, theatres, film and acting. The essays are all reprinted from Shakespeare Survey, the yearbook of .