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Shakespeare and Character

Theory, History, Performance and Theatrical Persons

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Introduction

  2. History

  3. Performance

  4. Theatrical Persons

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About this book

Shakespeare and Character brings together leading scholars in theory, literary criticism, and performance studies in order to redress a serious gap in Shakespeare studies and to put character back at the centre of our understanding of Shakespeare's achievement as an artist and thinker.

Editors and Affiliations

  • McGill University, Canada

    Paul Yachnin

  • Acadia University, Canada

    Jessica Slights

About the editors

JAMES E. BERG is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Middlebury College in Vermont, USA ANDRÉ G. BOURASSA is Professor Emeritus at the École supérieure de théâtre at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), Canada MICHAEL BRISTOL teaches in the Department of English at McGill University, Canada ANTHONY DAWSON is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia, Canada WILLIAM DODD formerly taught English Literature at the Universities of Bologna and Siena, Italy ANDREW JAMES HARTLEY is the Distinguished Chair of Shakespeare Studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA LEANORE LIEBLEIN researches on the performing body at McGill University, Canada TREVOR PONECH is Associate Professor of English at McGill University, Canada CAMILLE WELLS SLIGHTS is Professor Emerita at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada MYRNA WYATT SELKIRK teaches on the Drama and Theatre Program in the English Department at McGill University, Canada ROBERT WEIMANN is Professor Emeritus of Drama at University of California, Irvine, USA SARAH WERNER is the director of the Folger-GW Undergraduate Research Seminar at the Folger Shakespeare Library, USA

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