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Introduces students to the study of Shakespeare and grounds their understandings of his work in theoretical discourses. By addressing what is primarily at stake in the major theoretical approaches to Shakespeare's works, the book breaks down both fears and preconceptions to offer students a map of the current critical practices of others.

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Born the daughter of a country squire, Bess of Hardwick made four marriages which brought her wealth and status. She built and furnished houses and founded a dynasty which included a granddaughter, Arbella Stuart, who had a claim to the thrones of both England and Scotland. -- .

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This book explores some of the many instances of poisoning in early modern plays. It considers the practical, legal and epistemological issues aspects of poison plays and analyses the cultural work they perform, which includes questions related to race, religion, nationality, gender, and humans relationship to the environment.

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The first scholarly edition of a little-known play by a major Renaissance playwright, which interestingly reworks Othello. -- .

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The first scholarly edition of a little-known play by a major Renaissance playwright, which interestingly reworks Othello. -- .

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A scholarly, modern-spelling edition of a play by the Caroline dramatist John Ford which was accidentally omitted from the 1652 edition of his works and so has not received much attention. A full introduction explores what made the play interesting to audiences both when it was first written in the late 1620s and when it was published in 1653.

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The book discusses the demarcation of secular and sacred territory in early modern English drama. It focuses primarily on four plays, Thorney Abbey, A Knack to Know a Knave, A Shoemaker a Gentleman and The Lovesick King, but puts these in dialogue with Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear and Doctor Faustus.