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In a bibliography of criticism rather than Shakespeare texts or thoughts, Kujoory offers an indicative rather than exhaustive annotated list of over 900 items that she has relied on or selected as most germane for the various interpretations or critical reception of Shakespeare plays with regard to women, blacks, Jews, homosexuals, slaves, and others. The annotations are primarily descriptive, but some include short excerpts. Annotation copyrighted...

Harold Bloom's introduction centers upon Shylock's problematical forced conversion to Christianity by Venetian justice, and his muted reaction to this outrage. Short critical extracts on Shylock follow, beginning with major figures such as August Wilhelm von Schlegel and including Victor Hugo and W.H. Auden. The second section reprints lengthier critical essays. Barbara K. Lewalski examines the Biblical aspects of Shylock; Graham Midgley finds Shylock...

An alphabetical guide to every one of the named characters in Shakespeare's plays. Ranging from a few identifying lines to full essays over 1000 characters are listed. Shakespeare's own words are used to show both what characters are like and what their function is in the dramatic action.--[book cover].

John Mills spotlights the various ways in which the role of Hamlet has been performed over almost four centuries. He launches this work with the first Hamlet portrayal, that of Richard Burbage, and then, in chronological order, describes and analyzes the Hamlets of the other actors who make up the great tradition of English-language Shakespeare acting. Mills devotes an entire chapter to each actor, focusing on acting style, text interpretation, theatrical...

"Shakespeare's Villains is a close reading of Shakespeare's plays to investigate the nature of evil. Charney closely considers the way that dramatic characters are developed in terms of language, imagery, and nonverbal stage effects. With chapters on Iago, Tarquin, Aaron, Richard Duke of Glaucester, Shylock, Claudius, Polonius, Macbeth, Edmund, Goneril, Regan, Angelo, Tybalt, Don John, Iachimo, Lucio, Julius Caesar, Leontes, and Duke Frederick, this...

"From one of the country's foremost experts on Shakespeare and theatre arts, actor, director, and master teacher Tina Packer offers an exploration--fierce, funny, fearless--of the women of Shakespeare's plays. A profound, and profoundly illuminating, book that gives us the playwright's changing understanding of the feminine and reveals some of his deepest insights. Packer, with expert grasp and perception, constructs a radically different understanding...