Bradley, A. C. Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth. 2nd ed. London: Macmillan, 1905.
Bibliography: "Shakespeare: Life and Plays" in The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21), Vol. 5. The Drama to 1642, Part One.
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. Transcriptions of letters and other historical documents by Alan Nelson, University of California, Berkeley, including many which discredit the claim that de Vere wrote the Shakespeare canon.
“Hamlet
and His Problems” T.S. Eliot’s 1922 essay on Shakespeare’s
greatest tragic character in which he coined the famous doctrine of the “objective
correlative.”
Johnson
on The Works of William Shakespeare
“Life, Plays, Poems and Bibliography” The great teacher and scholar George Saintsbury created the touchstone for Shakespeare reference with these chapters from the Cambridge History of English Literature.
Sh:in:E - Shakespeare in Europe Critical texts and primary texts.
Shakespeare: Criticism from Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide: Internet Resources. This site is published as an additional resource for the chapter on Internet resources for the study of Shakespeare in Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide.
Shakespeare Around the Globe The aim of this series of essays is to introduce students and scholars to the way Shakespeare is understood, read, and performed in countries around the world.
The
Shakespeare Authorship Page David Kathman and Terry Ross's collection of
biographical materials "dedicated to the proposition that Shakespeare wrote
Shakespeare" with highly persuasive material to counter the Oxfordian and
Baconian conspiracy theories.
Shakespeare
Criticism
If
you'd like some more information on the authorship controversy, the PBS series
Frontline rebroadcast their documentary The Shakespeare Mystery on Shakespeare's
birthday, April 23, in 1996. The accompanying site includes some full-text articles
on the subject by noted academics.
“Shakspeare; or, the Poet” Ralph Waldo Emerson’s lecture from Representative Men.
Shakespeare Oxford Society "This intriguing web site puts forward the case that the writings traditionally ascribed to William Shakespeare, the Stratford man, were in fact authored by Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604). In order to establish its credentials The Shakespeare Oxford Society claims to be the 'second oldest continually operating organization involved in the two-centuries old Shakespeare authorship debate'. A cogent argument is presented at the site for favouring de Vere over his rival suspects, and there is also a wealth of news stories, both about the evidence and about conferences relating to Shakespeare authorship. Books about the authorship debate are available to purchase, and links are provided to usenet discussion groups.
This is
a partisan site. One will not find many links to web sites claiming that Shakespeare
(or anyone else) was the actual author of Shakespeare's works. Nevertheless,
it is both interesting and entertaining, and is certainly essential reading
for anyone concerned about the mysterious identity of the great playwright.
Shakespeare scholars and conspiracy theorists alike will find much to contemplate."
The Humbul Humanities Hub
Shakespeare
Studies and Criticism Sample Chapters "The Web site 'Shakespeare Studies
and Criticism Sample Chapters' is part of the Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Web site. It features 13 sample chapters in .pdf format of recent works on Shakespeare
and Shakespeare criticism. This site is of interest to those studying English
or Theatre Studies. Topics addressed within Shakespeare studies include: masculinity;
the authority of performance; Shakespeare and the age of empire; domestic loss;
sexuality; social dialogue; and race. The site is useful to preview books and
decide if they will be broadly useful before purchase, and obviously links to
the rest of the CUP Web site." Wanda Wyporska, The Humbul Humanities
Hub
Shakespeare
and His Critics from Thomas Larque. Access to a wide and increasing range
of Shakespeare related documents including criticism from the 1700s and 1800s.
Shakespeare
and Anti-Semitism: The Question of Shylock Written by Grant Stirling, a
teacher assistant at York University in Canada, this site is an introductory
resource to the nature of Elizabethan anti-Semitism, both in its historical
context and how it is reflected in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. The
articles discuss the religious versus racial nature of anti-Semitism, the history
of Jews in England, the stage history of Shylock depictions, and selections
from Shakespeare's play.
Shakespeare
on Masculinity "This Web site contains a sample chapter of the
new Cambridge University Press book Shakespeare on Masculinity by Professor
Robin Headlam-Wells (Roehampton University). The chapter published online is
called 'The Chivalric Revival: Henry V and Troilus and Cressida'.
The chapter is available in PDF format and can be browsed free of charge. The contents section of the book, which provides a good overview of the work, is also available.
Headlam-Wells is particularly strong on the historical context of Shakespeare's representation of masculinity. However, he also provides valuable interpretations of the intellectual background of Shakespeare's art, as well as taking on influential recent theorists such as Stephen Greenblatt." Stuart Allen, The Humbul Humanities Hub.
Shakespearean Scholars, Editors, and Critics from Encyclopædia Britannica.
The Swinburne Project: A searchable electronic edition of the works of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) "This Indiana University site is devoted to the electronic dissemination of the works of Algernon Charles Swinburne. The aim of the project is to make Swinburne's complete works freely available in an acurate and readable form. Bibliographical descriptions of texts will also be included as the project progresses." Stuart Allen, The Humbul Humanities Hub.
At present, there are a number of texts about Shakespeare on the site. A Study of Shakespeare; Four Plays; The Age of Shakespeare and Contemporaries of Shakespeare.
Writing about Shakespeare by Frank Kermode, London Review of Books.
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