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Compiled by Dutton (English, Ohio State Univ.; editor, "Palgrave Literary Lives" series) and Howard (English, Columbia Univ.; editor, The Norton Shakespeare), this four-volume set offers a comprehensive view of current Shakespeare criticism, concentrating on ongoing critical research on Shakespeare's works. It is meant to complement the publisher's Companion to Shakespeare, which focuses on Shakespeare as an author. The essays are organized generically and represent a diversity of approaches, including historicist, Derridaen, Marxist, performance-oriented, feminist, and textual/editorial. A variety of organizing rubrics such as race, class, gender, reader response, political theory...Log In or Sign Up to Read More