Description
The 72nd in the annual series of volumes devoted to Shakespeare study and production. The articles are drawn from the programme of the International Shakespeare Conference held in Stratford-upon-Avon in the summer of 2018. The theme is 'Shakespeare and War'.
The 72nd in the annual series of volumes devoted to Shakespeare study and production. The theme is 'Shakespeare and War'.
About the Author
Emma Smith is Director of English Studies at Hertford College, Oxford. She has a broad range of Shakespearean expertise, in terms of performance, criticism and the preparation of textual editions, and has written for students, theatregoers and scholars. Her list of publications includes a performance edition of King Henry V (Cambridge, 2002). She co-edited The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Tragedy (Cambridge, 2010). For undergraduate readers she wrote The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare (Cambridge, 2007) and The Cambridge Shakespeare Guide (Cambridge, 2012). More recently she has turned her attention to the cultural history of the First Folio, and published a book with the Bodleian Library to accompany the 2016 touring exhibition; in the same year she published The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's First Folio (Cambridge, 2016).
Reviews
'... it is a most useful collection offering many new insights into Shakespeare's plays. It proves particularly instructive, often original, and always pleasant to read.' Sophie Chiari, Cercles
Book Information
ISBN 9781108499286
Author Emma Smith
Format Hardback
Page Count 408
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 950g
Dimensions(mm) 253mm * 196mm * 27mm
The 72nd in the annual series of volumes devoted to Shakespeare study and production. The theme is 'Shakespeare and War'.
About the Author
Emma Smith is Director of English Studies at Hertford College, Oxford. She has a broad range of Shakespearean expertise, in terms of performance, criticism and the preparation of textual editions, and has written for students, theatregoers and scholars. Her list of publications includes a performance edition of King Henry V (Cambridge, 2002). She co-edited The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Tragedy (Cambridge, 2010). For undergraduate readers she wrote The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare (Cambridge, 2007) and The Cambridge Shakespeare Guide (Cambridge, 2012). More recently she has turned her attention to the cultural history of the First Folio, and published a book with the Bodleian Library to accompany the 2016 touring exhibition; in the same year she published The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's First Folio (Cambridge, 2016).
Reviews
'... it is a most useful collection offering many new insights into Shakespeare's plays. It proves particularly instructive, often original, and always pleasant to read.' Sophie Chiari, Cercles
Book Information
ISBN 9781108499286
Author Emma Smith
Format Hardback
Page Count 408
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 950g
Dimensions(mm) 253mm * 196mm * 27mm
