L I T E R A R Y S T U D I E S - Shakespeare
The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works
King Lear: Arden Performance Editions
Edited by Jonathan Bate, Arizona State University, USA & Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Edited by Abigail Rokison-Woodall, The Shakespeare Institute, UK & Simon Russell Beale
William Shakespeare
A stunning new edition of the bestselling Complete Works of Shakespeare from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Combining exemplary textual scholarship with beautiful design, this modern edition is based on the iconic 1623 First Folio: the version preferred by many actors and directors today. Featuring new colour photographs of a vibrant range of RSC productions, a foreword from RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran, updated introductions and new references to staging choices in over 100 RSC productions, this highly collectable edition presents Shakespeare’s plays as they were originally intended: as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed on stage. UK April 2022 • 2552 pages • 40 colour and 20 bw illus HB 9781350319967 • £34.99 ePub 9781350320024 • £31.49 ePdf 9781350320031 • £31.49 Series: The RSC Shakespeare • The RSC Shakespeare World English (excluding Canada/USA)
The Anatomy of Insults in Shakespeare’s World Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin, University of Montpellier III Paul Valery, France
Exploring the complexity of Shakespearean insult, this book offers a rich analysis that shows how the playwright set abusive words at the heart of many of his plays. Focusing on the most memorable scenes of insult, abusive characters and insulting effects in the plays, this volume shifts how readers understand and read Shakespeare’s insults. Offering a theoretical panorama that allows the reader to grasp insult as a specific speech act, the volume explores the issues of verbal violence and verbal shields, and the importance of reception and interpretation in matters of insult. UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 256 pages HB 9781350055490 • £75.00 / $102.00 ePub 9781350055506 • £67.50 / $88.59 ePdf 9781350055513 • £67.50 / $88.59 The Arden Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
King Lear has ruled for many years. As age overtakes him, he divides his kingdom amongst his children. Misjudging their loyalty, he soon finds himself stripped of all the trappings of state, wealth and power that had defined him. Arden Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation, metrical ambiguities and pronunciation, each edition has been developed to open the play’s possibilities and meanings to actors and students. UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 408 pages PB 9781350243620 • £7.99 / $10.95 ePub 9781350243644 • £7.19 / $10.41 ePdf 9781350243637 • £7.19 / $10.41 Series: Arden Performance Editions • The Arden Shakespeare
Shakespeare and Reception Theory
Nigel Wood, Loughborough University, UK How do playtexts – especially in their Early Modern form – allow us to infer meanings? And if it is down to us to assess ourselves in our reading, is there a secure division between text and self? This study demonstrates how recent emphases on a reader’s role in the creation of meaning might allow us to contemplate Shakespeare’s work in fresh and often provocative ways, paying close attention to Early Modern modes of interaction in the playhouse alongside more recent assumptions that underlie spectating and performing. UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 208 pages • 4 bw illus PB 9781350200906 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350112100 ePub 9781350112117 • £67.50 / $88.59 ePdf 9781350112124 • £67.50 / $88.59 Series: Shakespeare and Theory • The Arden Shakespeare
Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing Dympna Callaghan, Syracuse University, USA
The Winter’s Tale: Language and Writing Mario DiGangi, Lehman College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Language and Writing R.S. White, University of Western Australia, Australia
This book makes The Winter’s Tale accessible and exciting for you by providing expert guidance on understanding, interpreting and writing about Shakespeare’s language. It demonstrates that careful attention to Shakespeare’s complex dramatic language can clarify the structure and concerns of the play, as well as provide deep and satisfying engagement with the social, political and ethical questions Shakespeare raises. The book examines topics in the play, such as tragicomic genre; women’s assertion of social and political agency; obedience and resistance to rulers; the virtues and risks of festivity, and disputes over the proper forms of religious devotion.
This lively and informative guide to Shakespeare's popular comedy equips you with the critical skills to analyse its language, structure and themes and to expand and enrich your own response to the play. An introduction considers when and how the play was written, its language and Shakespeare's use of the generic, literary and theatrical conventions at his disposal. It then moves to a detailed examination and analysis of the play, focusing on its literary, technical and historical intricacies; an account of the play's performance history and its critical reception completes the volume. Each chapter offers a 'Writing matters' section to assist your own writing about the play.
UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 192 pages • 1 bw illus HB 9781350175549 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350175556 • £58.50 / $76.86 ePdf 9781350175563 • £58.50 / $76.86 Series: Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing • The Arden Shakespeare
UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 232 pages PB 9781350103870 • £21.99 / $29.95 Previously published in HB 9781350103887 ePub 9781350103894 • £58.50 / $76.86 ePdf 9781350103900 • £58.50 / $76.86 Series: Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing • The Arden Shakespeare
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