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 March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Shakespeare, Jonson, and the Claims of the Performative

   By James Loxley, Mark Robson

   Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture

   This book will constitute an original intervention into longstanding but insistently relevant debates around the significance of notions of ‘performativity’ to the critical analysis of early modern drama. In particular, the book aims to: show how the investigation of performativity can enable...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
3. Alternative Shakespeares Vol 2

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
4. A Second Elizabethan Journl V2

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Living Image

   Shakespearean Essays

   By T. R. Henn

   First published in 1972. The imagery of field sports - of hawking, hunting, shooting and fishing - and the associated imagery of warfare are a striking feature in Shakespeare's plays. The Living Image examines the nature of this imagery, considering it first in the light of the practices and...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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