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P. Whitfield, S. Bennett, G. Hollis, M. Fuller, M. Hulme, I. Munro, G. Egan, T. Betteridge, L. Williamson Ambrose, J. Gillies, A. Gurr, F. Hildy, J. Limon, J. Astington, F. Teague, B. Escolme, F. Karim-Cooper, J. D. Cox, T. Stern, M. Ichikawa, D. Lindley, J. Dillon, W. West, J. MacIntyre, D. Crystal, M. Rissanen, P. Meier, T. Fanego, P. Freedman, T. Hoenselaars, M. Wyatt, L. Oakley-Brown, P. Blank, N. Rhodes, S. F. Crider, W. Elliott, C. Brewer, P. Long, R. D. Chen-Morris, V. Traub, L. Knight, A. Hoefele, M. Hayward, J. Yates, B. Hall, K. Eggert, P. Cahill, J. Jowett, M. Bland, H. Smith, R. Carter Hailey, J.-C. Mayer, A. Stewart, A. Hooks, A. Marr, R. McDonald, M. Jones, C. Moseley, L. Cowen Orlin, P. Henderson, N. Llewellyn, K. Hearn, A. Wells Cole, S. Ffolliott, N. Mander, E. Goldring, J. Archer, M. Swann, M. E. Lamb, S. Newman, D. Bruster, S. Mentz, F. Laroque, M. Ingram, J. Peacey, A. Findlay, M. Smuts, A. Hadfield, H. James, C. Desmet, S. Sleeper, T. Butler, A. Hirota, J. A. Owens, P. E. J. Hammer, C. Perry, J. A. Sharpe, D. Schalkwyk, M. Tratner, D. J. Baker, M. I. Sokol, B. J. Sokol, A. Serras, G. Restivo, E. Hubbard, M. Hendricks, M. Draudt, D. Bevington, L. A. Ferrell, K. Poole, K. Lynch, P. Carlson, B. D. Hirsch, S. Kennedy, A. Ryrie, D. Vitkus, S. Tutino, M. Murray, G. Gertz, M. Fissell, R. Munkhoff, B. Traister, M. Floyd-Wilson, M. Schoenfeldt, R. Sugg, T. Pettigrew, N. Vickers, P. Almond, P. Holland, R. Bearman, L. Enterline, D. Kathman, E. Blake, M. Jackson, S. Wells, S. Chiari, A. Ide, J. Tobin, C. Calvo, N. Johnson, C. Whitworth, F. Guinle, D. Kathman, S. Cerasano, A. Southern, C. A. Henze, S. McEvoy, S. Lewis, M. O'Callaghan, R. Henke, C. Whitney, G. Ioppolo, S. Greenfield, R. Dutton, A. Fleck, A. Kisery, H. Grady, J. de Vos, M. Fortier, M. Pfister, I. Schwartz-Gastine, J. Leerssen, M. Orkin, N. Walton, Y. J. Ko, A. Huang, A. Modenessi, M. Smialkowska, V. Schandl, B. R. Smith, M. Cavecchi, P. Fagundes, M. Tempera, A. Thompson, S. Orgel, T. Cheesman, P. Edmondson, K. Kobayashi, K. Gregor, K. Kujawinska, J. Singh, N. Das, N. Herold, M. Bristol, N. Bhatia, R. Knowles, S. Olive, D. Johnson, B. Hodgdon, J. Whybrow, A. Oz, B. Boecker, D. Lanier, L. Bradley, A. Scott-Douglass, K. Rumbold, J. Levenson, J. I. Marsden, D. Fischlin, D. Williams, S. Iyengar, S. Schuelting, C. E. Brandão, M. Dobson, L. Silva, I. Prikhodko, A. Resende, N. Zakharov, D. Delabastita, K. Gregor, P. Novak, R. Mooneeram, N. Sanchez, A. Cetera, S. Grandage, S. F. Hanna, D. Abend-David, R. Oya, B. Bistue, S. Kawai, R. Mulryne, S. Carnicke, J. Birkett, K. Dorney, C. Haill, C. Baugh, N. Fraser, R. Brown, T. Cartelli, D. Weingust, L. Newcomb, R. Preiss, E. Anderson, R. Sawyer, M. Buzacott, P. Drabek, M. A. Katritzky, M. Tarnoff, P. Woods, J. Roach, J. Weil, H. Weil, J. Halio, R. Hapgood, J. Loehlin, C. Dymkowski, S. Hall Smith, E. Schafer, M. Munkelt, A. Stock, A. R. Braunmuller, A. Murphy, A. Young, D. S. Kastan, J. Lavagnino, R. Weis, B. Mowatt, G. Ziegler, N. Rhodes, A. J. West, J. Knight, Z. Markus, E. M. Knowles, J. Tronch, D. Goy-Blanquet, F. Sprang, E. Hamana, B. Engler, D. Henderson, P. Franssen, E. Hateley, K. Johanson, L. Engle, M. Rasmussen, J. Joughin, R. Carson, J. Lupton, D. Callaghan, P. Holbrook, E. Gajowski, J. Kearney, K. Steenbergh, S. R. de Oliveira, W. Germano, N. Isenberg, T. Kishi, J. P. E. Harper-Scott, J. O'Brien, S. Shershow, M. Ingham, S. Sillars, C. Haynes, C. Corti, C. Alexander, S.-A. Myklebost, K. Rowe, E.-M. Oesterlen, O. Terris, W. Folkerth, W. Uricchio, R. Shaughnessy, M. Thornton Burnett, S. Hatchuel, R. Chapman, J. Schiffer, L. Osborne, L. McKernan
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  • The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare aims to replicate the expansive reach of Shakespeare's global reputation. In pursuit of that vision, this work is transhistorical, international and interdisciplinary. Volume 1, Shakespeare's World, 1500–1660, includes a comprehensive survey of the world in which Shakespeare and his contemporaries lived, while Volume 2, The World's Shakespeare, 1660–Present, examines what the world has made of Shakespeare as a cultural icon over the past four centuries. For each of the work's twenty-eight broad subject areas, ranging from translation to popular culture to performing arts, an overview is followed by a series of shorter essays taking up particular aspects of the subject at hand. Richly illustrated with more than three hundred images between the two volumes, this work brings the world, life and afterlife of Shakespeare to readers, from non-academic Shakespeare fans and students to theater professionals and Shakespeare scholars.

    • Frequent cross-references between articles allow readers to make quick connections to related topics
    • Act, line and scene references to Shakespeare's plays and poems allow readers to see the book's ideas in action
    • No other reference book integrates Shakespeare's works and accumulated knowledge about Shakespeare so seamlessly
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    Awards

    • Winner, 2017 PROSE Award for Excellence in Reference Works
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    Reviews & endorsements

    'A gigantic achievement! This vast journey through Shakespeare's works and worlds is constantly fascinating.' Sir Antony Sher, Honorary Associate Artist, Royal Shakespeare Company

    'The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare is going to be an invaluable resource for anyone taking the measure of Shakespeare's reach - across times, languages, and cultures. Only an encyclopedia, this encyclopedia, is up to the task.' Michael Witmore, Folger Shakespeare Library

    'The editors of The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare have assembled a treasure-house of informed, concise, and helpful entries. This comprehensive collection provides useful introductory essays on almost any topic in Shakespeare studies.' Tom Bishop, University of Auckland

    'The worlds of Shakespeare have become more polyglot and diverse than ever before. In gathering an excellent group of scholars and tracing a horizon of yet unknown dimensions, this work is an indispensable guide for all expeditions into this universe.' Peter W. Marx, University of Cologne

    'It would be hard to imagine a more thoughtful, imaginative, or comprehensive collection than this. As Dryden said of Chaucer: here is God's plenty! The essays are crisp and lucid, and they address their topics with an intellectual energy that transmits to the reader. These volumes are unlike anything currently on the market and will not find an equal for many years to come.' Laurie Maguire, University of Oxford

    'Academic libraries catering for courses in English literature will obviously want to have this. I would also recommend volume one as a useful source of all sorts of miscellaneous information for historians interested in specialised aspects of late Tudor and early Jacobean England - from paper-making to cosmetics to garden design and volume two to readers interested in aspects of cultural changes over the past four centuries. Most university libraries will certainly find readers for it.' Martin Guha, Reference Reviews

    '… The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare gives its readers an abundance of both pleasure and profitable insight.' Jean E. Howard, Renaissance Quarterly

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    • Date Published: February 2016
    • format: Multiple copy pack
    • isbn: 9781107057258
    • length: 2248 pages
    • dimensions: 287 x 225 x 85 mm
    • weight: 4.73kg
    • contains: 332 b/w illus.
    • availability: In stock

  • Table of Contents

    Volume 1. Shakespeare's World, 1500–1660: Part I. Mapping Shakespeare's World Peter Whitfield
    Part II. Theater Andrew Gurr
    Part III. Language David Crystal
    Part IV. Science and Technology Pamela Long
    Part V. Printing, Publishing, Textuality John Jowett
    Part VI. Visual Arts Alexander Marr
    Part VII. Popular Culture Mary Ellen Lamb
    Part VIII. High Culture Malcolm Smuts
    Part IX. England 1560–1650 James A. Sharpe
    Part X. Religion Lori Anne Ferrell
    Part XI. Medicine Mary Fissell
    Part XII. The Historical William Shakespeare Peter Holland
    Part XIII. Shakespeare's Fellows Stanley Wells
    Part XIV. Shakespeare's Early Reception (to 1660) Charles Whitney. Volume 2. The World's Shakespeare, 1660–Present: Part XV. International Encounters Ton Hoenselaars
    Part XVI. Making the Scene Bruce R. Smith
    Part XVII. Shakespeare as a Cultural Icon Jyotsna Singh
    Part XVIII. Shakespeare and Popular Culture Doug Lanier
    Part XIX. Translation Dirk Delabastita
    Part XX. Changing Technologies of Stage Performance Shoichiro Kawai
    Part XXI. Audiences Lori Newcomb
    Part XXII. Production History Joseph Roach
    Part XXIII. Printing and Reception History Andrew Murphy
    Part XXIV. Shakespeare and the Book Georgianna Ziegler
    Part XXV. Shakespeare and the Critics Lars Engle
    Part XXVI. Shakespeare and the Performing Arts Solange Ribeiro de Oliveira
    Part XXVII. Shakespeare and the Visual Arts Stuart Sillars
    Part XXVIII. Shakespeare and Media History Katherine Rowe.

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  • Editor

    Bruce R. Smith, University of Southern California
    Bruce R. Smith is Dean's Professor of English and Professor of Dramatic Arts at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He is the author of six books, including, most recently, Phenomenal Shakespeare (2010) and The Key of Green: Passion and Perception in Renaissance Culture (2009). A former president of the Shakespeare Association of America, he has served on the editorial boards of Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation; PMLA; The Senses and Society; Shakespeare Quarterly; Shakespeare Studies; and Studies in English Literature. With Katherine Rowe, he has co-directed two projects related to The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare under grants from the Digital Humanities Office of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Guggenheim Foundation.

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    Katherine Rowe, Smith College, Massachusetts

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    Ton Hoenselaars, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Akiko Kusunoki, Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Japan

    Andrew Murphy, Trinity College Dublin

    Aimara da Cunha Resende, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Contributors

    P. Whitfield, S. Bennett, G. Hollis, M. Fuller, M. Hulme, I. Munro, G. Egan, T. Betteridge, L. Williamson Ambrose, J. Gillies, A. Gurr, F. Hildy, J. Limon, J. Astington, F. Teague, B. Escolme, F. Karim-Cooper, J. D. Cox, T. Stern, M. Ichikawa, D. Lindley, J. Dillon, W. West, J. MacIntyre, D. Crystal, M. Rissanen, P. Meier, T. Fanego, P. Freedman, T. Hoenselaars, M. Wyatt, L. Oakley-Brown, P. Blank, N. Rhodes, S. F. Crider, W. Elliott, C. Brewer, P. Long, R. D. Chen-Morris, V. Traub, L. Knight, A. Hoefele, M. Hayward, J. Yates, B. Hall, K. Eggert, P. Cahill, J. Jowett, M. Bland, H. Smith, R. Carter Hailey, J.-C. Mayer, A. Stewart, A. Hooks, A. Marr, R. McDonald, M. Jones, C. Moseley, L. Cowen Orlin, P. Henderson, N. Llewellyn, K. Hearn, A. Wells Cole, S. Ffolliott, N. Mander, E. Goldring, J. Archer, M. Swann, M. E. Lamb, S. Newman, D. Bruster, S. Mentz, F. Laroque, M. Ingram, J. Peacey, A. Findlay, M. Smuts, A. Hadfield, H. James, C. Desmet, S. Sleeper, T. Butler, A. Hirota, J. A. Owens, P. E. J. Hammer, C. Perry, J. A. Sharpe, D. Schalkwyk, M. Tratner, D. J. Baker, M. I. Sokol, B. J. Sokol, A. Serras, G. Restivo, E. Hubbard, M. Hendricks, M. Draudt, D. Bevington, L. A. Ferrell, K. Poole, K. Lynch, P. Carlson, B. D. Hirsch, S. Kennedy, A. Ryrie, D. Vitkus, S. Tutino, M. Murray, G. Gertz, M. Fissell, R. Munkhoff, B. Traister, M. Floyd-Wilson, M. Schoenfeldt, R. Sugg, T. Pettigrew, N. Vickers, P. Almond, P. Holland, R. Bearman, L. Enterline, D. Kathman, E. Blake, M. Jackson, S. Wells, S. Chiari, A. Ide, J. Tobin, C. Calvo, N. Johnson, C. Whitworth, F. Guinle, D. Kathman, S. Cerasano, A. Southern, C. A. Henze, S. McEvoy, S. Lewis, M. O'Callaghan, R. Henke, C. Whitney, G. Ioppolo, S. Greenfield, R. Dutton, A. Fleck, A. Kisery, H. Grady, J. de Vos, M. Fortier, M. Pfister, I. Schwartz-Gastine, J. Leerssen, M. Orkin, N. Walton, Y. J. Ko, A. Huang, A. Modenessi, M. Smialkowska, V. Schandl, B. R. Smith, M. Cavecchi, P. Fagundes, M. Tempera, A. Thompson, S. Orgel, T. Cheesman, P. Edmondson, K. Kobayashi, K. Gregor, K. Kujawinska, J. Singh, N. Das, N. Herold, M. Bristol, N. Bhatia, R. Knowles, S. Olive, D. Johnson, B. Hodgdon, J. Whybrow, A. Oz, B. Boecker, D. Lanier, L. Bradley, A. Scott-Douglass, K. Rumbold, J. Levenson, J. I. Marsden, D. Fischlin, D. Williams, S. Iyengar, S. Schuelting, C. E. Brandão, M. Dobson, L. Silva, I. Prikhodko, A. Resende, N. Zakharov, D. Delabastita, K. Gregor, P. Novak, R. Mooneeram, N. Sanchez, A. Cetera, S. Grandage, S. F. Hanna, D. Abend-David, R. Oya, B. Bistue, S. Kawai, R. Mulryne, S. Carnicke, J. Birkett, K. Dorney, C. Haill, C. Baugh, N. Fraser, R. Brown, T. Cartelli, D. Weingust, L. Newcomb, R. Preiss, E. Anderson, R. Sawyer, M. Buzacott, P. Drabek, M. A. Katritzky, M. Tarnoff, P. Woods, J. Roach, J. Weil, H. Weil, J. Halio, R. Hapgood, J. Loehlin, C. Dymkowski, S. Hall Smith, E. Schafer, M. Munkelt, A. Stock, A. R. Braunmuller, A. Murphy, A. Young, D. S. Kastan, J. Lavagnino, R. Weis, B. Mowatt, G. Ziegler, N. Rhodes, A. J. West, J. Knight, Z. Markus, E. M. Knowles, J. Tronch, D. Goy-Blanquet, F. Sprang, E. Hamana, B. Engler, D. Henderson, P. Franssen, E. Hateley, K. Johanson, L. Engle, M. Rasmussen, J. Joughin, R. Carson, J. Lupton, D. Callaghan, P. Holbrook, E. Gajowski, J. Kearney, K. Steenbergh, S. R. de Oliveira, W. Germano, N. Isenberg, T. Kishi, J. P. E. Harper-Scott, J. O'Brien, S. Shershow, M. Ingham, S. Sillars, C. Haynes, C. Corti, C. Alexander, S.-A. Myklebost, K. Rowe, E.-M. Oesterlen, O. Terris, W. Folkerth, W. Uricchio, R. Shaughnessy, M. Thornton Burnett, S. Hatchuel, R. Chapman, J. Schiffer, L. Osborne, L. McKernan

    Awards

    • Winner, 2017 PROSE Award for Excellence in Reference Works
    • Winner, 2017 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Winner, 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

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