Compiled by one of the best-known authorities on the bard's works, this dictionary offers information on Shakespeare in his own time and on his impact and influence. It includes box features of passages on Shakespeare by famous authors as Dr Johnson, Jane Austin, Bernard Levin, and Virginia Woolf. I[...]

How does Shakespeare's treatment of human sexuality relate to the sexual conventions and language of his times? Looking at both plays and poetry, this lively and informative book explores Shakespeare's portrayal of desire, jealousy, and same-gender relationships, as well as how sex becomes a source[...]

This volume brings together nine essays on King Lear by distinguished scholars, all of which were first published in Shakespeare Survey, the leading journal devoted to Shakespeare studies. A retrospective survey of criticism from 1934 to the present is followed by studies of the play's style and dis[...]