This volume offers an accessible and thought-provoking guide to this major Shakespearean comedy, surveying its key themes and evolving critical preoccupations.

This volume offers an accessible and thought-provoking guide to this major Shakespearean comedy, surveying its key themes and evolving critical preoccupations.

One of the earliest domestic tragedies, Arden of Faversham is a powerful Elizabethan drama based on the real-life murder of Thomas Arden. This Critical Reader p

Shakespearean comedy about two pairs of lovers-- one pair kept apart by a vicious outsider, the other by their own pride and distrust.

This is a collection of specially-commisioned essays designed to meet the specific needs of A level students. It introduces students to a wide variety of critic