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

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

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

An accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's comedies, dark comedies and romances, first published in 2001.