Shakespeare and the Revolution of the Times: Perspectives and Commentaries

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Oxford University Press, 1978 - 334 pages
These sixteen essays proceed in sequence to enlarge the modern reader's perspective on Shakespeare. The first half of the collection relates Shakespeare's works to his time and our own, from the theatre to the modern stage, world literature, and the changing patterns of critical interpretation. The second 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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