Shakespeare Studies, Volume XXXI Edited by Leeds Barroll
About the Editor:
Leeds Barroll is a Scholar in Residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. Founder and former President of the Shakespeare Association of America, his writings include Artificial Persons: Shakespearean Tragedy: Genre, Tradition, and Change in Anthony and Cleopatra; Politics, Plague, and Shakespeare's Theater, (awarded the Bernard Hewitt Prise in 1992), and Anna of Denmark, Queen of England: A Cultural Biography. Barroll has edited Shakespeare Studies since its inception in 1964.
Shakespeare Studiesis an international volume published every year in hard cover, containing essays and studies by critics and cultural historians from both hemispheres. Shakespeare Studies also includes substantial reviews of the many significant books and essays dealing with the cultural history of early modern England, as well as the place of Shakespeare's productions--and that of his contemporaries--within it. Volume XXXI presents a new feature, the first in an annual series of articles on "Early Modern Drama Around the World." Specialists in the various kinds of dramatic activity to be found in other areas of the globe during the time of Shakespeare will discuss the state of scholarly study in each of these regions. In this volume Grant Shen of the University of Singapore discusses the late Ming drama of China and the state of scholarship in this field, and Richard Pym of the University of London writes on the drama of Golden Age Spain. In addition to these first two essays, Volume XXXI presents four full-length articles. Gustave Ungerer, Patricia Parker, Thomas Moisan, and Jennifer Lewin are authors of essays on The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, and Shakespeare's final comedies. Supplementing these articles are two substantial review articles by Raphael Falco and David Harris Sacks: "Is the Renaissance an Aesthetic Category?" and "Imagination in History". A board of cultural historians and scholars maintains the quality of each annual volume so that Shakespeare Studies can serve as a useful guide for all students of Shakespeare and his times--for directors, teachers, and actors as well as specialists in college and university study. The reader interested in more than a surface acquaintance with the Shakespearean milieu will find in each volume widely ranging discussions of cultural history relevant to this part of the early modern period.ISBN 0-8386-3999-2, Price $60.00
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