Shakespeare on Page and Stage: Selected Essays by Wells, Stanley

Shakespeare on Page and Stage: Selected Essays (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198884569)

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Shakespeare on Page and Stage: Selected Essays by Wells, Stanley

Shakespeare on Page and Stage: Selected Essays

$21.95
Shakespeare on Page and Stage: Selected Essays by Wells, Stanley

Shakespeare on Page and Stage: Selected Essays

$21.95
Format: Paperback
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This volume presents a winning selection of the very best essays from the long and distinguished career of Stanley Wells, one of the most well-known and respected Shakespeare scholars in the world. Wells's accomplishments include editing the entire canon of Shakespeare plays for the ground-breaking Oxford Shakespeare, and over his lifetime he has made significant contributions to debates over literary criticism of the works, genre study, textual theory, Shakespeare's afterlife in the theatre, and contemporary performance. The volume is introduced by Peter Holland, and its thirty chapters are divided into themed sections: 'Shakespearian Influences', 'Essays on Particular Works', 'Shakespeare in the Theatre', and 'Shakespeare's Text'. An afterword by Margreta de Grazia concludes the volume.

Author: Stanley Wells, Paul Edmondson
ISBN-10: 0198884567
ISBN-13: 9780198884569
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 08/18/2023
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.20w x 2.30d
By Stanley Wells
By Stanley Wells
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Stanley Wells, Emeritus, University of Birmingham, Honorary President, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Sir Stanley Wells, CBE, FRSL, described by Roy Hattersley as 'Our greatest authority on Shakespeare's life and work', is Honorary President, Life Trustee, and former Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. He was Professor of Shakespeare Studies and Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, from 1988-1997, and is now Emeritus Professor. He is an Honorary Emeritus Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has been General Editor of the Oxford Shakespeare since 1978 and is General Editor of the Penguin Shakespeare. One of the most distinguished Shakespearian scholars currently working, his publications include Shakespeare For All Time (2002), Shakespeare & Co (2006), Shakespeare, Sex, and Love (2010), Great Shakespeare Actors (2015), William Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction (2015), and Shakespeare's Tragedies: A Very Short Introduction (2017).

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