A Companion to Shakespeare [Paperback]

• 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

Part I: Introduction:.

1. Shakespeare and the 'Elements' he lived in: David Scott Kastan.

Part II: Shakespeare I:.

2. Shakespeare the Man: David Bevington.

Part III: Living:.

3. Shakespeare's England: Norman L. Jones.

4. Shakespeare's London: Ian Archer.

5. Religious Identities in Shakespeare's England: Peter Lake.

6. The Family and the Household: Susan Dwyer Amussen.

7. Shakespeare and Political Thought: Martin Dzelzainis.

8. Political Culture: David Harris Sacks.

Part IV: Reading: .

9.'The Great Variety of Readers' and Early Modern Reading Practices: Heidi Brayman Hackel.

10. Reading the Bible: David Daniell.

11. Reading the Classics: Robert L. Miola.

12. Reading History: D. R. Woolf.

13. Reading Vernacular literature: Diana E. Henderson and James Siemon.

Part V: Writing:.

14. Professional Playwrighting: Scott McMillin.

15. Shakespeare's 'Native English': Jonathan Hope.

16. Hearing Shakespeare's Dramatic Verse: George T. Wright.

17. Shakespeare and Rhetorical Culture: Peter G. Platt.

18. Shakespeare and Genre: Jean E. Howardl“I