Shakespeare Books

New and Published Books

1. All's Well, That Ends Well

   New Critical Essays

   Edited by Gary Waller

   Series: Shakespeare Criticism

   Described as one of Shakespeare’s most intriguing plays, All’s Well That Ends Well has only recently begun to receive the critical attention it deserves. Noted as a crucial point of development in Shakespeare’s career, this collection of new essays reflects the growing interest in the play and...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Demonic

   Literature and Experience

   By Ewan Fernie

   Are we either good or bad, and do we really know the difference? Why do we want what we cannot have, and even to be what we’re not? Can we desire others without wanting to possess them? Can we open to others and not risk possession ourselves? And where, in these cases, do we draw the line? Ewan...

   Published November 7th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Concept of Injustice

   By Eric Heinze

   The Concept of Injustice challenges traditional Western justice theory. Thinkers from Plato and Aristotle through to Kant, Hegel, Marx and Rawls have subordinated the idea of injustice to the idea of justice. Misled by the word’s etymology, political theorists have assumed injustice to be the...

   Published October 23rd 2012 by Routledge
4. Henry V

   By John Matusiak

   Series: Routledge Historical Biographies

   Henry V of England, the princely hero of Shakespeare’s play, who successfully defeated the French at the Battle of Agincourt and came close to becoming crowned King of France, is one of the best known and most compelling monarchs in English history. This new biography takes a fresh look at his...

   Published October 22nd 2012 by Routledge
5. Julius Caesar

   New Critical Essays

   Edited by Horst Zander

   Series: Shakespeare Criticism

   This book explores traditional approaches to the play, which includes an examination of the play in light of current history, in the context of Renaissance England, and in relation to Shakespeare's other Roman plays as well as structural examination of plot, language, character, and source material...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
6. A Theory of Adaptation

   2nd Edition

   By Linda Hutcheon

   A Theory of Adaptation explores the continuous development of creative adaptation, and argues that the practice of adapting is central to the story-telling imagination. Linda Hutcheon develops a theory of adaptation through a range of media, from film and opera, to video games, pop music and theme...

   Published July 17th 2012 by Routledge
7. Shakespearian Production

   By G Wilson Knight

   Published June 21st 2012 by Routledge
8. Re-playing Shakespeare in Asia

   Edited by Poonam Trivedi, Minami Ryuta

   Series: Routledge Studies in Shakespeare

   This book reviews the "playing" of Shakespeare in which there is a re-staging and a re-writing -- through adaptation, appropriation, or acculturation -- of the Western Shakespeare into the gestural, symbolic, stylized, or ritualized worlds of Asian theatre languages. It examines this interface in...

   Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
9. Ecocriticism and Early Modern English Literature

   Green Pastures

   By Todd A. Borlik

   Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture

   In this timely new study, Todd A. Borlik reveals the surprisingly rich potential for the emergent "green" criticism to yield fresh insights into early modern English literature. Deftly avoiding the anachronistic casting of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century authors as modern environmentalists, he...

   Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
10. Shakespeare: The Basics

    3rd Edition

    By Sean McEvoy

    Series: The Basics

    Now in its third edition Shakespeare: The Basics is an insightful and informative introduction to the work of William Shakespeare. Exploring all aspects of Shakespeare’s plays including the language, cultural contexts, and modern interpretations, this text looks at how a range of plays from across...

    Published May 21st 2012 by Routledge