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The Greenwood Companion to Shakespeare [Four Volumes]
A Comprehensive Guide for Students
 Joseph Rosenblum

0-313-32779-3/978-0-313-32779-7

Description
Written especially for students, this set provides fresh, concise interpretations of the plays and poems, along with background information, discussions of characters and themes, and explications of key passages.

Reviews:
-To help students approach Shakespeare's works without shuddering fear, this comprehensive companion provides a grounding in the author's life and work. —Reference & Research Book News
-By collecting guides to all of Shakespeare's works into a single work and imposing a strict order and consistent approach, the Greenwood Companion provides students with a synoptic view of the Shakesperean corpus that is singularly valuable. It can be recommended without hesitation for undergraduates, as well as advanced high school students and general readers. —Reference & User Services Quarterly
-The four-volume reference set provides a wealth of information about Shakespeare and the origin and essence of his canon....The books are well written and easy to comprehend. Although the audience is students, teachers and serious scholars will get the most use out of them. An essential purchase for high school and public libraries, the set helps demystify Shakespeare's major works. —VOYA
-This new set is aimed at high-school and college students in need of clear introductory-level outlines of Shakespeare's major works....This set is very useful for the student or general reader and stands out in a surprisingly uncrowded market. Although there is no shortage of criticism on Shakespeare's major works aimed at students, such as A Companion to Shakespeare's Works (Blackwell, 2003) or Gale's Shakespearean Criticism series, a basic plot outline and simple analysis can be difficult to find. Befuddled students trying to translate the Bard's antiquated terminology often need some guidance, and this set provides just such assistance. Mining similar territory are the single-topic, more detailed Cliffs Notes series or the less-extensive Masterplots series (Salem). Highly recommended for all high-school, college, and public libraries. —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
About the Author
Joseph Rosenblum is Lecturer in English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His many books include A Bibliographic History of the Book (1995), American Book Collectors and Bibliographers (1994-1997), and Shakespeare: An Annotated Bibliography (1992). He has also published in such journals as Shakespeare Quarterly, Dickens Quarterly, and Studies in Short Fiction. He was the Head of the Reference Department of the Guilford College Library and was a Senior Reference Librarian at the University of Mississippi.
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