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This eighth volume of The Shakespearean International Yearbook presents a special section on ''European Shakespeares'', proceeding from the claim that Shakespeare''s literary craft was not just native English or British, but was filtered and fashioned through a Renaissance awareness that needs to be recognized as European, and that has had effects and afterlives across the Continent. Guest editors Ton Hoenselaars and Clara Calvo have constructed this section to highlight both how the spread of ''Shakespeare'' throughout Europe has brought together the energies of a wide variety of European cultures across several centuries, and how the inclusion of Shakespeare in European culture has been not only a European but also a world affair. The Shakespearean International Yearbook continues to provide an annual survey of important issues and developments in contemporary Shakespeare studies. Contributors to this issue come from the US and the UK, Spain, Switzerland and South Africa, Canada, The Netherlands, India, Portugal, Greece, France, and Hungary. In addition to the section on European Shakespeares, this volume includes essays on the genre of romance, issues of character, and other topics.

In 2002, for the second volume of this journal, Ian Lancashire reflected on the state of computing in Shakespeare. The decade since his review has seen dramatic change in the web of 'digital Shakespeares'. This issue's special section on Digital Shakespeares reflects on these developments and achievements, highlights current research in the field.

The essays comprising the special section of The Shakespearean International Yearbook, Volume 13 demonstrates the continuing appeal of Macbeth, throughout the world and over time. The volume also includes essays on Shakespeare and 'The King's Speech' and on recent books and digital databases in the field.

The twelfth issue of The Shakespearean International Yearbook celebrates India's intense engagement with Shakespeare, exploring cinema, theatre and education in particular. Debuting the review essay as a new feature of the Yearbook, this volume presents two such essays, on 'New Biography Studies, Queer Turns in Theory, and Shakespearean Utility.

Honoring Shakespearean scholar Michael Neill, this book brings together essays by a diverse group of writers to examine Neill's extraordinary body of work, employing his many analyses of place as points of departure for fresh critical investigations of Shakespeare and Renaissance culture.

Celebrates the achievement of senior Shakespearean scholar Robert Weimann, whose work on the Elizabethan theatre and early modern performance culture has so influenced contemporary scholarship.

A practical introductory textbook for literary studies, which can be used either for independent study or as part of a taught class. Lays the groundwork for further study of literature, introduces students to essential analytic and inte