Ruth Morse, Times Literary Supplement
"The jewel of this collection is Bruce R. Smiths Shakespeare and Masculinity, which is not only a model of what such an introduction to Shakespeare should be, but an outstanding study of the problems of gender analysis. This is a very good book."
Review
This is a brilliant, brave, scholarly book with innumerable insights into Shakespearean texts (
Modern Language Review )
The jewel of this collection is Bruce R. Smith's Shakespeare and Masculinity, which is not only a model of what such an introduction to Shakespeare should be, but an outstanding study of the problems of gender analysis. This is a very good book (
Ruth Morse, Times Literary Supplement )
Oxford University Press offer a mix of engagingly written introductions to a variety of Topics intended largely for undergraduates. Each author has clearly been reading and listening to the most recent scholarship, but they wear their learning lightly (
Ruth Morse, Times Literary Supplement )