Download or read book Palgrave Shakespeare Studies written by Jane Kingsley-Smith and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies takes Shakespeare as its focus but strives to understand the significance of his oeuvre in relation to his contemporaries, subsequent writers and historical and political contexts. By extending the scope of Shakespeare and English Renaissance Studies the series will open up the field to examinations of previously neglected aspects or sources in the period's art and thought. Titles in the Palgrave Shakespeare Studies series seek to understand anew both where the literary achievements of the English Renaissance came from and where they have brought us.