{"product_id":"oxford-companion-to-shakespeare","title":"Oxford Companion to Shakespeare","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eOxford Companion to Shakespeare\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMichael Dobson\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780198117353\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eOxford University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2001\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e541\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eFrom the conjectured identity of the Dark Lady of the Sonnets to misprints in the First Folio, from Shakespeare's favorite figures of speech to the staging of \u003cem\u003eOthello\u003c\/em\u003e in South Africa, \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Companion to Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e offers the most comprehensive coverage available on all aspects of Shakespeare's life and works.\u003cbr\u003e Illustrated with more than 100 photographs and boasting contributions from a team of internationally renowned scholars (including such noted Shakespeare authorities as Helen Vendler, Park Honan, and Jonathan Bate), the \u003cem\u003eCompanion\u003c\/em\u003e has more than 3,000 entries that offer succinct, stimulating, and authoritative commentary on Shakespeare's life and times, his plays and poems, and their interpretation around the world over the last four centuries. All Shakespeare's plays--from \u003cem\u003eAs You Like It\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAll's Well that Ends Well\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e--are covered in major articles. There are concise descriptions of allusions in Shakespeare (Ajax, Agamemnon), well-known critics (Samuel Johnson, John Dryden), great Shakespearian actors (Richard Burbage, Lawrence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh), characters in the plays (Mercutio, Ophelia), figures of speech (metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron), and much more. Longer articles explore topics such as Shakespeare's birthplace, censorship, the Chamberlain's Men, film, and Shakespeare's reception in such countries as China, Italy, and the United States.\u003cbr\u003e Bringing its readers up to date not only with the latest in Shakespearian scholarship and controversy but with the plays' most recent incarnations on stage, film, and in international popular culture, this is the perfect companion to Shakespeare's works, covering everything from Aaron to Zeffirelli, and from Shakespeare in schools to \u003cem\u003eShakespeare in Love\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Oxford Companion to Shakespeare | Michael Dobson | Hardcover | 9780198117353 | Used: Good | Back Stacks J 1787827","offer_id":67795238650008,"sku":"1787827","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61Ris-YUhYL.jpg?v=1792780475","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/oxford-companion-to-shakespeare","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}