

An edition of Reading Shakespeare (2013)
By Michael Alexander
Publish Date
Jan 22, 2013
Publisher
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan,Palgrave Macmillan
Language
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Pages
184
Description:
In a lively introduction to Shakespeare's life, career and the theatre of his day, Michael Alexander returns to the basics of how to read Shakespeare's works as literary texts. Surveying the most popular and widely-studied plays and sonnets, he elaborates upon the historical, cultural and literary contexts that surrounded their creation.