King John: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781350077348)

This new volume in Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition increases our knowledge of how Shakespeare's plays were received and understood by critics, editors and general readers. Updated with a new introduction providing a survey of critical responses to the plays since the late 1930s to the present day, the volume offers, in separate sections, both critical opinions about the play across the centuries and an evaluation of their positions within and their impact on the reception of the play. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods. Thus the volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century.

Author: Joseph Candido
ISBN-10: 1350077348
ISBN-13: 9781350077348
Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
Language: English
Published: 01/27/2022
Pages: 472
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d