Professor Berry combines social history, anthropology and literary criticism to Shakespeare's romantic comedies.

"This updated edition should be welcomed by anyone interested in Shakespeare. Particularly useful are its pithy introductions and bibliographies on various crit

For students of English and European literature, renaissance studies, comparative literature, drama and classics.

This remarkable study shows how prologues ushered audience and actors through a rite of passage and how they can be seen to offer rich insight into what the ear

Since about 1960, when five-act division in Shakespeare's plays was strongly disputed, most critics have focused on individual scenes rather than holistic form.