Eating and drinking-vital to all human beings-were of central importance to Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Culinary Shakespeare, the first collection devoted solely to the study of food and drink in Shakespeare's plays, reframes questions about cuisine, eating, and meals in early modern drama. As a result, Shakespearean scenes that have long ......
The Philosophy of Generosity in Shakespeare and Marlowe
Original readings of Dr. Faustus, The Merchant of Venice, Edward II, King Lear, Titus Andronicus, and The Tempest, in which Sean Lawrence challenges the tendency to reflexively understand gifts as exchanges or negotiations. Lawrence uses the philosophies of Levinas and Derrida to argue that these plays depict a radical generosity that breaks the ......
Reading Shakespeare's plays alongside Plato's Republic, this book shows the intersections between literary, philosophical, and political moments in the texts and demonstrates that philosophical interventions are crucial to decision making and managing uncertainty, error and risk.
Reading Shakespeare's plays alongside Plato's Republic, this book shows the intersections between literary, philosophical, and political moments in the texts and demonstrates that philosophical interventions are crucial to decision making and managing uncertainty, error and risk.
Casting Shakespeare's Histories for Citizens and Subjects
Like a King argues that strategic casting positions Shakespeare's histories as spaces for American political discourse. Drawing from the archive and the rehearsal room, the book examines productions of Richard II, Henry V and King John in the renaissance and the twenty-first century.
Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England is an annual volume committed to the publication of essays and reviews related to English drama and theatre history to 1642, covering not only plays and early performance history, but of topics relating to cultural history, as well as manuscript studies and the history of printing.
Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Any Gender: The Comedies Curated from the Applause three-volume series, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends, edited by Neil Freeman, these monologue from Shakespeare's works are given new life and purpose for today's readers and actors alike.
Monologues from Shakespeare's First Folio for Any Gender: The Tragedies Curated from the Applause three-volume series, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends, edited by Neil Freeman, these monologue from Shakespeare's works are given new life and purpose for today's readers and actors alike.
