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Appropriating Shakespeare : a cultural history of Pyramus and Thisbe / by Geddes, Louise

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "You may do it extempore" -- Performance as appropriation: Bottom, celebrity, and the early modern clown -- "The taste of the present times": challenging parody in the eighteenth century -- "I have a passion for good prose": transmedial Shakespeare in the nineteenth century -- "Know that I, one Ringo the drummer am": mass media and the authenticity of subculture -- As we like it: Pyramus and Thisbe in the twenty-first century -- Epilogue: "It must be your imagination, then."…”
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Shakespeare in the present / by Hawkes, Terence

Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Criticism and interpretation History 20th century.…”
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Alternative Shakespeares /

Table of Contents: “…Smith -- How to read The Merchant of Venice without being heterosexist / Alan Sinfield -- 'In what chapter of his bosom?': reading Shakespeare's bodies / K. Elam -- Shakespeare and cultural difference / A Loomba -- 'Othello was a white man': properties of race on Shakespeare's stage / D. …”
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Shakespeare and Donne : Generic Hybrids and the Cultural Imaginary. by Anderson, Judith H.

Table of Contents: “…Donne, Shakespeare, and the Interrogative Conscience -- 5. …”
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Shakespeare's names / by Maguire, Laurie E.

Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Language.…”
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Shakespeare in the cinema : ocular proof / by Buhler, Stephen M., 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Shakespeare Test --…”
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William Shakespeare : the tempest / by Moseley, C. W. R. D. (Charles W. R. D.)

Table of Contents: “…Shakespeare, the king's men and the court -- The tempest: genre, plot and structure -- Synopsis -- Genres and modes -- Theatrical language and illusion -- Setting -- Time and the design of The tempest -- Structure, staging and symbol -- The magus, the philosopher prince, and Prospero's estate -- Educating Miranda: The tempest and education -- Caliban -- After the play: inconclusions and anxieties -- Afterlife, and further reading -- Appendix: some dates -- Hyperlinks -- Intertextuality -- John Dee -- Divine right -- Virtues of prince -- King's two bodies -- Tyrant/Tyranny -- Trojan Aeneas/ Troy -- Astraea and apocalypse -- Revenge and the revenge play -- Three unities -- Fortune -- Emblems -- Truth daughter of Time -- Humanism -- Machiavelli / The Machiavel -- Of the CANNIBALLES.…”
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Shakespeare and I /

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The plays of Shakespeare : a thematic guide / by Cahn, Victor L.

Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Themes, motives.…”
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On Shakespear. 1630 / by Milton, John

Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.…”
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Shakespeare's politics : a contextual introduction / by Wells, Robin Headlam

Table of Contents: “…Critical introduction -- Civilization and the debate on human nature -- Gender -- Forms of government -- The just ruler -- Rebellion -- Providence and history -- Natural law -- Postscript : Shakespeare's politics and modern criticism.…”
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Shakespeare in Japan / by Kishi, Tetsuo, 1935-, Bradshaw, Graham

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Part 1: Adaptations and Translations; 1 Shakespeare and Traditional Japanese Theatre: Tsubouchi Shoyo; 2 Shakespeare in Japanese (I): Fukuda Tsuneari; 3 Shakespeare in Japanese (II): Kinoshita Junji; Part 2: Productions and Creative Critiques; 4 Shakespeare and the Japanese Stage; 5 Shakespeare and Japanese Literature; 6 Shakespeare and Japanese Film: Kurosawa Akira; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z.…”
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Philosophical Shakespeares / by Joughin, John J.

Table of Contents: “…Philosophical Shakespeares : an introduction / John J. Joughin -- How many children did she have? …”
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Shakespeare and the classics /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Notes on contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; NOTES; CHAPTER 1 Shakespeare and humanistic culture; OVID; VIRGIL; PLAUTUS AND TERENCE; SENECA; PLUTARCH; GENERAL; GREEK ROMANCES; GREEK TRAGEDY; CHAPTER 15 'The English Homer': Shakespeare, Longinus, and English 'neo-classicism'; CHAPTER 16 'There is no end but addition': the later reception of Shakespeare's classicism; Select bibliography; 1. …”
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William Shakespeare. by Holland, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Preface; 1 Background, early life, and marriage; 2 Making a career: early plays and poems; 3 Fame in London, prosperity in Stratford; 4 Public figure, King's Man; 5 Plays, poems, and profits; 6 Death and memorials; 7 Becoming a classic; 8 Eighteenth-century Shakespeare: England and overseas; 9 Romantic Shakespeare; 10 Responses of the Victorian age; 11 Modernist and multinational Shakespeare; 12 Worldwide Will; 13 The universal author; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.…”
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Oxford Shakespeare : Henry V. by Shakespeare, William

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Oxford Shakespeare : Pericles, Prince of Tyre. by Warren, Roger

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Oxford Shakespeare : Titus Andronicus. by Shakespeare, William

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Shakespeare's Sonnets by Callaghan, Dympna

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Shakespeare's "Perfectly Wild" Sonnets -- 2 Identity -- 3 Beauty -- 4 Love -- 5 Numbers -- 6 Time -- Appendix: The Matter of the Sonnets -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index…”
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Shakespeare and comedy / by Maslen, R. W.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; CONTENTS; TEXTUAL NOTE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; Introduction; Chapter One Comic Manifestos; Chapter Two Comic Conversation and Rough Justice; Chapter Three Lightness, Love and Death; Chapter Four The Plural Bodies of Shakespeare's Boys; AFTERWORD; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.…”
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Women in Shakespeare : a Dictionary. by Findlay, Alison

Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Characters Women Dictionaries.…”
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Shakespeare and language : reason, eloquence and artifice in the Renaissance / Shakespeare & language : reason, eloquence and artifice in the Renaissance by Hope, Jonathan, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Ideas about Language in the Renaissance -- Ideas about Language in Shakespeare : Discourse, Artifice and Silence -- Ideas about Language in Shakespeare : Words -- Linguistic Judgement -- Agency and Uncertainty in Shakespeare's Syntax -- The Language of Genre -- Afterword: Tokyo, March 2010.…”
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Worldly Shakespeare : the theatre of our good will / by Wilson, Richard, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Texts -- Introduction: No Offence in the World -- 1 A Globe of Sinful Continents: Shakespeare Thinks the World -- 2 Too Long for a Play: Shakespeare and the Wars of Religion -- 3 Shakespeare in Hate: Performing the Virgin Queen -- 4 No Enemy But Winter: Shakespeare's Rogue State -- 5 Fools of Time: Shakespeare and the Martyrs -- 6 Veiling an Indian Beauty: Shakespeare and the Hijab -- 7 When Golden Time Convents: Shakespeare and the Shah -- 8 Like an Olympian Wrestling: Shakespeare's Olympic Game…”
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Heterodox Shakespeare / by Benson, Sean, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Shakespeare and the church -- Shakespeare in the church -- "Perverse fantasies"?…”
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Of Levinas and Shakespeare : "to see another thus" /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1: A Meditation; 2: Lear's "Darker Purpose"; 3: Girard and Levinas as Readers of King Lear; 4: Theology, Phenomenology, and the Divine in King Lear; 5: Investment, Return, Alterity, and The Merchant of Venice; 6: Traces, Faces, and Ghosts; 7: From Horror to Solitude to Maternity; 8: The Frustration of Desire and the Weakness of Power in Venus and Adonis; 9: Ethical Ambiguity of the Maternal in Shakespeare's First Romances.…”
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Phantasmatic Shakespeare : imagination in the age of early modern science / by Roychoudhury, Suparna

Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Criticism and interpretation.…”
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Shakespeare studies.

Table of Contents: “…and the Question of Character""; ""ARTICLES""; ""Jack Cade, the Skin of a Dead Lamb, and the Hatred for Writing""; ""Accidental Shakespeare""…”
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Shakespeare in the movies : from the silent era to Shakespeare in love / by Brode, Douglas, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…An auspicious opening : The taming of the shrew -- The winter of our discontent : King Richard III -- Star-crossed lovers : Romeo and Juliet -- A fairy tale for grown-ups : A midsummer night's dream -- The hollow crown : Richard II, Henry IV parts I and II, Henry V -- Sophisticated comedy : Much ado about nothing, As you like it, Twelfth night -- A tide in men's lives : Julius Caesar -- I know not seems : Hamlet -- The green-eyed monster : Othello, the Moor of Venice -- Fatal vision : Macbeth -- A woman of infinite variety : Antony and Cleopatra -- Sans everything : King Lear -- You can't go home again : The winter's tale and The tempest -- Playing Shakespeare -- As we go to press.…”
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William Shakespeare : Henry IV parts 1 & 2 / Henry IV parts 1 & 2 by Moseley, C. W. R. D. (Charles W. R. D.)

Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV.…”
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Shakespeare in education /

Table of Contents: “…Notes on contributors; Editor's note; 1 Shakespeare: iconic or relevant?; 2 Making Shakespeare our contemporary: teaching Romeo and Juliet at Key Stage Three Sue Gregory; 3 New town Shakespeare: a comprehensive school approach at Key Stages Three and Four; 4 Shakespeare at Eton College; 5 Shakespeare at 16-19; 6 Teaching Shakespeare in Higher Education; 7 Shakespeare at the centre: the educational work of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust; Index.…”
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Shakespeare in Canada : a world elsewhere /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Shakespeare in Canada: 'a world elsewhere'? / Irena r. …”
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Shakespeare's ideas : more things in heaven and earth / by Bevington, David M.

Table of Contents: “…Shakespeare's Ideas on Politics and Political Theory; 4 Hold the Mirror Up to Nature: Shakespeare's Ideas on Writing and Acting; 5 What Form of Prayer Can Serve My Turn? …”
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An introduction to Shakespeare / by MacCracken, H. N. (Henry Noble), 1880-1970, Durham, W. H. (Willard Higley), 1883-, Pierce, F. E. (Frederick Erastus), 1878-1935

Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Handbooks, manuals, etc.…”
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Shakespeare's ideas : more things in heaven and earth / by Bevington, David M.

Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Philosophy.…”
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Reviewing Shakespeare : journalism and performance from the eighteenth century to the present / by Prescott, Paul, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…An introduction to the night-watch constable -- Tradition and the individual talent : reviewing the Macbeth actor c.1740s-1890s -- New journalism, new critics c.1890-1910 -- The reviewer in transition c.1920-1960 -- New contexts, new crises (1997-2012) : reviewing from the opening of Shakespeare's Globe to the World Shakespeare Festival 2012.…”
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Oxford Shakespeare : Henry VI, Part One. by Taylor, Michael

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Oxford Shakespeare : Measure for Measure. by Shakespeare, William

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The ghost of Shakespeare : collected essays / by Frajlich, Anna

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Shakespeare studies.

Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.…”
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Shakespeare's Tragedies A Guide to Criticism. by Smith, Emma

Table of Contents: “…8 Gender and Sexuality: An Overview -- 9 Gender and Sexuality: Critical Extracts -- The Daughter's Seduction in Titus Andronicus -- Femininity and the Monstrous in Othello -- 10 History and Politics: An Overview -- 11 History and Politics: Critical Extracts -- Macbeth and the 'Name of King' -- 'Is This a Holiday?' Shakespeare's Roman Carnival -- 12 Texts: An Overview -- 13 Texts: Critical Extracts -- Quarto and Folio King Lear -- Bad Taste and Bad Hamlet -- 14 Performance: An Overview -- 15 Performance: Critical Extracts -- Titus Andronicus -- Baz Luhrmann's Millennial Shakespeare -- Index…”
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