This Guide steers students through the critical writing on Shakespeare’s tragedies from the sixteenth century to the present day.



Guides students through four centuries of critical writing on Shakespeare’s tragedies.

Covers both significant early views and recent critical interventions.

Substantial editorial material links the articles and places them in context.

Annotated suggestions for further reading allow students to investigate further.

Emma Smith is Fellow of Hertford College and Lecturer in English at Oxford University. Her publications include Thomas Kyd: The Spanish Tragedie (1998) and Shakespeare in Production: Henry V (2000), as well as two other edited volumes in the Blackwell Guides to Criticism series: Shakespeare’s Histories (2004) and Shakespeare’s Comedies (2004).

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publisher Imprint: Blackwell
• Publication Date: June 4, 2004
• Pages: 378
• ISBN13: 9781405128100
• Item Weight: 558 grams
• Original Price: 695.0 INR
• Edition: N/A
• Binding: Paperback