Shakespeare and the Revolution of the Times: Perspectives and CommentariesOxford University Press, 1976 - 334 pages Sixteen essays proceed in sequence to enlarge the modern reader's perspective on Shakespeare. The first half of these essays relate Shakespeare's works to his time and our own, from the theatre to the modern stage, to world literature and to the changing patterns of critical interpretation. The other half of the book reexamines and explicates eight individual plays. |
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Induction | 1 |
Shakespeare and The Revolution of the Times | 29 |
Shakespeares Nomenclature | 51 |
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