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Cambridge Companions Online http://universitypublishingonline.org/cambridge/companions/ The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare Edited by Margreta de Grazia, Stanley Wells Book DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CCOL0521650941 Online ISBN: 9781139000109 Hardback ISBN: 9780521650946 Paperback ISBN: 9780521658812 Chapter Frontmatter pp. i-xx Chapter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CCOL0521650941.020 Cambridge University Press This book offers a comprehensive, readable, and authoritative introduction to the study of Shakespeare, by means of nineteen newly commissioned essays. An international team of prominent scholars provides a broadly cul- tural approach to the chief literary, performative, and historical aspects of Shakespeare’s work. They bring the latest scholarship to bear on traditional subjects of Shakespeare studies, such as biography, the transmission of the texts, the main dramatic and poetic genres, the stage in Shakespeare’s time, and the history of criticism and performance. In addition, authors engage with more recently defined topics: gender and sexuality, Shakespeare on film, the presence of foreigners in Shakespeare’s England, and his impact on other cultures. Helpful reference features include chronologies of the life and works, illustrations, detailed reading lists, and a bibliographical essay. 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Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2001 Reprinted 2002(twice), 2003 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge Typeface 10/12 pt Ehrhardt MT System QuarkXPress™ [se] A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare / edited by Margreta de Grazia and Stanley Wells. p. cm. – (Cambridge Companions to Literature) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0 521650941– isbn 0 52165881 0 (pbk.) 1. Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 – Handbooks, manuals, etc. i. Title: Companion to Shakespeare. ii. De Grazia, Margreta. iii. Wells, Stanley W., 1930– iv. Series. pr2894.c33 2001 822.3′3 –dc21 00-063002 isbn 0 521650941hardback isbn 0 52165881 0 paperback DownloadedCambridge from Cambridge Companions Companions Online Online by© IP Cambridge 193.231.9.3 on University Mon Sep 02 Press,10:40:10 2006 WEST 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CCOL0521650941.020 Cambridge Companions Online © Cambridge University Press, 2013 CONTENTS List of illustrations page xi List of contributors xiii Preface xv William Shakespeare: a partial chronology xvii A conjectural chronology of Shakespeare’s works xix 1 Shakespeare’s life 1 Ernst Honigmann 2 The reproduction of Shakespeare’s texts 13 Barbara A. Mowat 3 What did Shakespeare read? 31 Leonard Barkan 4 Shakespeare and the craft of language 49 Margreta de Grazia 5 Shakespeare’s poems 65 John Kerrigan 6 The genres