This Companion represents the very best in recent scholarship and is at the same time lively, accessible, and often surprising.

And one doesn't expect to be dazzled by that rather sedate animal, a Companion. 'David Kastan has put together a dazzling collection of essays on Shakespeare. 'Literally indispensable for anyone interested in Shakespeare.' Patricia Parker, University of Stanford Kastan has brought together a star cast of experts to help us to hear Shakespeare's distinctive voice, with all its historical and intellectual resonances, in a fresh and sharply clarified context.' Lisa Jardine, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London 'A worthy companion indeed - every serious student of Shakespeare should carry this adroitly compiled collection of specialist essays on essential background constantly with them. The definitive Companion to Shakespeare.' Karen Newman, Brown University Kastan has assembled a collection of essays with his peers and presented them with his characteristic intelligence and grace. It brings together the best in recent scholarship on the social history, contemporary reading, and institutions and material practices of writing, playing and printing in early modern England. 'No playgoer, reader, teacher or scholar should be without this elegant and indispensable guide to Shakespeare. 'This collection of 28 essays provides a historical overview of the conditions of Shakespeare's world.' Library Journal

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