This book asks new questions about how and why Shakespeare engages with source material, and about what should be counted as sources in Shakespeare studies. The

Boldly moves criticism of Shakespeare's history plays beyond anti-humanist theoretical approaches. This important intervention in the critical and theoretical d

Revisiting Shakespeare’s Italian Resources is about the complex dynamics of transmission and transformation of the Italian sources of twelve Shakespearean pla

Explores Shakespeare's plays in their most immediate context: the hundreds of plays known to original audiences, but lost to us.