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Oxford Handbook of the Age of Shakespeare

by R. Malcolm Smuts

Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretationLiterature and societyEnglish prose literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700HistoryEnglish literatureHistory and criticism

This handbook presents a broad sampling of current historical scholarship on Shakespeare's period that it is hoped will prove useful to scholars of his poems and plays. Rather than attempting to summarize the historical `background' to Shakespeare, individual chapters explore numerous topics and methodologies at the forefront of current historical research.

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