Shakespeare for Students is an attractive and accessible 3-vol. set of essential criticism to the playwrights most-popularly-studied plays and poetry in secondary schools and undergraduate curricula. The second edition contains updated entries and 4 brand new entries.

Youll find a diverse blend of criticism along with plot summaries and character profiles that help further decode these dramatic masterpieces for students.

Each detailed, illustrated entry provides:

• An introduction that provides an overview of the play or poem
• A plot summary
• An annotated character list
• A discussion of the plays principal themes
• Understandable essays on the plays construction (setting, dialogue, imagery)
• Historical and cultural context sections that illuminate the plays role in inter-curricular studies
• Excerpted critical commentary on various facets of the play
• Extensive theme index
• A chronology of Shakespeares life, work, and times

...and much more

You may also be interested in For Students Online - the complete For Students Collection in eBook format