Antony and Cleopatra: A Critical Reader

by Domenico Lovascio (Editor), Andrew Hiscock (Editor), Lisa Hopkins (Editor)

Arden Early Modern Drama Guides offer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical and performance contexts of key Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. Essays from leading international scholars give invaluable insight into the text by presenting a range of critical perspectives, making the books ideal companions for study and research.

Key features
- Essays on the play's critical and performance history
- A keynote essay on current research and thinking about the play
- A selection of new essays by leading scholars
- A survey of resources to direct students' further reading about the play in print and online

Antony and Cleopatra is among Shakespeare's most enduringly popular tragedies. A theatrical piece of extraordinary political power, it also features one of his most memorable couples. Both intellectually and emotionally challenging, Antony and Cleopatra also tests the boundaries of theatrical representation. This volume offers a stimulating and accessible guide to the play that takes stock of the past and current situation of scholarship while simultaneously opening up fresh, thought-provoking critical perspectives.

328 pages, Hardcover

Published October 17, 2019

Reviews

[M4rghe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Libro letto per un esame universitario. È un libro esauriente, con un buon ritmo di lettura nonostante sia una critica testuale e quindi con un argomento non “leggero”.
Ho apprezzato i temi trattati, l’ho trovata una lettura stimolante che consiglio a chi è interessato alla materia