{"product_id":"the-oxford-companion-to-shakespeare-9780192806147","title":"The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the conjectured identity of the Dark Lady of the Sonnets to misprints in the First Folio  from Shakespeares favorite figures of speech to the staging of Othello in South Africa  The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare offers the most comprehensive coverage available on all aspects of Shakespeares life and works.  Illustrated with more than 100 photographs and boasting contributions from a team of internationally renowned scholars (including such noted Shakespeare authorities as Helen Vendler  Park Honan  and Jonathan Bate)  the Companion has more than 3 000 entries that offer succinct  stimulating  and authoritative commentary on Shakespeares life and times  his plays and poems  and their interpretation around the world over the last four centuries. All Shakespeares plays from As You Like It and Alls Well that Ends Well to King Lear and Hamletare covered in major articles. There are concise descriptions of allusions in Shakespeare (Ajax  Agamemnon)  well-known critics (Samuel Johnson  John Dryden)  great Shakespearian actors (Richard Burbage  Lawrence Olivier  Kenneth Branagh)  characters in the plays (Mercutio  Ophelia)  figures of speech (metaphor  metonymy  oxymoron)  and much more. Longer articles explore topics such as Shakespeares birthplace  censorship  the Chamberlains Men  film  and Shakespeares reception in such countries as China  Italy  and the United States.  Bringing its readers up to date not only with the latest in Shakespearian scholarship and controversy but with the plays most recent incarnations on stage  film  and in international popular culture  this is the perfect companion to Shakespeares works  covering everything from Aaron to Zeffirelli  and from Shakespeare in schools to Shakespeare in Love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652890091573,"sku":"ByrdShop_0192806149","price":89.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780192806147.jpg?v=1781853131","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-oxford-companion-to-shakespeare-9780192806147","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}