Reflecting the truth that the plays' principal existence is in the live theater, the book finishes with a transhistorical, multicultural survey of how masculinity has been performed in productions of Shakespeare's plays--in France, Germany, ...

Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare's England demonstrates how a commitment to the present opens up our understanding of the past."—Peter Stallybrass, Shakespeare Quarterly "A major contribution to the understanding of homosexuality in ...

Journeying into the sound-worlds of Shakespeare's contemporaries, this text explores the physical aspects of human speech and the surrounding environment, as well as social and political structures.

This thought-provoking text provides a critique of contemporary approaches to Shakespeare, while also celebrating the staying power of Shakespeare on stage, on film, and on the page.

A unique cultural history, The Key of Green considers the significance of the color in the literature, visual arts, and popular culture of early modern England.

These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.

The book's five chapters consider cuts, cutting, and cutwork from a variety of angles: (1) as bodily experiences, (2) as essential parts of the process whereby Shakespeare and his contemporaries crafted scripts, (3) as units in perception, ...

All of them put in an appearance and get their say in this lively album of images and texts from the Folger collection."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved