Companion to Shakespeare Studies

by G.B. Harrison (Editor)

The studies in this volume cover all aspects of Shakespearian scholarship. It begins with Shakespeare's biography, describes the theatres and companies of the time, and analyses Shakespeare's dramatic and poetic genius. There are also studies of his work in relation to the English spoken at the time, his use and knowledge of music, and his sources. Other essays cover the national and social background. A final group touches on the text of the plays, Shakespearian criticism and scholarship, and Shakespeare in the theatre.

418 pages, Hardcover

First published January 2, 1934

About the author

George Bagshawe Harrison was a British scholar and critic, educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. In 1924 he began lecturing at King's College, University of London, subsequently holding professorships at Queen's University, Ontario, and the University of Michigan. Among his many works on Shakespeare and his period were Shakespeare's Fellows (1923), Elizabethan Plays and Players (1940), and Shakespeare's Critics: From Jonson to Auden (1964); England in Shakespeare's Day (1928) and Shakespeare at Work (1933) are highly regarded as introductions to the social and cultural contexts of Shakespeare's work. He also produced numerous editions of Elizabethan and Jacobean documents, notably Thomas Nashe's Pierce Pennilesse, His Supplication to the Divell, 1592 (1924), An Elizabethan Journal (three volumes, 1928, 1931, 1933), A Jacobean Journal (two volumes, 1941, 1950), and The Letters of Queen Elizabeth I (1935). Harrison was general editor of the Penguin Shakespeare between 1937 and 1959. His other publications included The Day Before Yesterday (1938), a journal for the year 1936; Julius Caesar in Shakespeare, Shaw, and the Ancients (1960); and Profession of English (1962), which reflects on the objectives and procedures of literary studies. '

Reviews

[Maria Azpiroz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lo leí porque no conseguí introducción a Shakespeare de Harrison. Es my bueno aunque algunos capítulos ( de autores distintos) son mejores que otros. Me resultó interesante como lectura en pandemia, leer sobre los problemas que las pestes traían al teatro de la época. Mientras las obras se clausuraban , los actores se iban de gira por otras provincias :) También que el público era capaz de manifestar claramente su opinión dura te la representación. Se podía llegar tarde, no prestar atención a la obra, indicar que no te gusta y retirarse antes que termine. El capituló sobre el marco social y ls fuentes de Shakespeare son de los mejores. Seguiré intentando conseguir el de Harrison.