A Companion to Shakespeare

David Scott Kastan

Wiley, Oct 29, 1999 - Literary Criticism - 536 pages

A Companion to Shakespeare is an indispensable book for students and teachers of Shakespeare, indeed for anyone with an interest in his plays.

• Contains 28 newly commissioned essays written by the most distinguished historians and literary scholars
• Situates Shakespeare in the historical and cultural conditions in which he wrote

About the author

David Scott Kastan is Professor of English at the Columbia University and a General Editor of the New Arden Shakespeare. His numerous publications include: Shakespeare and the Shapes of Time (1982), Staging the Renaissance: Reinterpretations of Elizabethan and Stuart Drama (1991), Critical Essays on Shakespeare's Hamlet (1995), and Shakespeare After Theory (1999).

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Companion to Shakespeare; Volume 94 of Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
• Editor: David Scott Kastan
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Wiley, 1999
• ISBN: 0631218785, 9780631218784
• Length: 536 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General; Literary Criticism / Shakespeare