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Shakespeare's LanguageShakespeare's Language by Frank Kermode
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It is impossible to express how great this book is. Essential.
Evoking Shakespeare (Dramatic contexts)Evoking Shakespeare (Dramatic contexts) by Peter Brook
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Wonderful - and short - discussion of Shakespeare's continued relevance, from one of his great intepreters
Romeo And Juliet [VHS] [1997]Romeo And Juliet [VHS] [1997]
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Faithful, creative and brilliant vision of the play.
"King Lear" (Arden Shakespeare.Third Series)"King Lear" (Arden Shakespeare.Third Series) by William Shakespeare
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The great Arden editions are the only ones that offer the right amount of scholarship
The Genius of ShakespeareThe Genius of Shakespeare by Jonathan Bate
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An indispensable work on Shakespeare's works and an interesting study on the authorship debate.
Political Shakespeare: Essays in Cultural MaterialismPolitical Shakespeare: Essays in Cultural Materialism
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An excellent introduction to some of the more recent appraoches to Shakespeare, demonstrated through a collection of insightful and provocative essays.
Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear" and "Macbeth" (New Penguin Shakespeare Library)Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear" and "Macbeth" (New Penguin Shakespeare Library) by A. Bradley
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As reviled as it is loved - but still an essential point of reference
Suffocating Mothers: Fantasies of Maternal Origin in Shakespeare's Plays, "Hamlet" to "The Tempest"Suffocating Mothers: Fantasies of Maternal Origin in Shakespeare's Plays, "Hamlet" to "The Tempest" by Janet Adelman
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Specialised but very interesting study of a vital theme in Shakespeare
The Shakespeare Myth (Cultural politics)The Shakespeare Myth (Cultural politics) by Graham Holderness
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A useful view of Shakespeare in his modern context
Metamorphoses (Oxford World's Classics)Metamorphoses (Oxford World's Classics) by Ovid
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The first of three essential background pieces
The Complete Essays (Penguin Classics)The Complete Essays (Penguin Classics) by Michel de Montaigne
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The best view of the thinking that inspired Shakespeare
Hamlet and Oedipus: The Norton Library, N799Hamlet and Oedipus: The Norton Library, N799 by Ernest Jones
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The best introductory essay on Shakespeare and Freud