Divining Thoughts Future Directions in Shakespeare Studies

Dr Peter Orford and his editing team have collected articles from the next generation of Shakespeare scholars to offer a glimpse into the future of Renaissance Studies. The essays included were presented at the International British Graduate Shakespeare Conference and represent research from around the globe, either exploring new territory, or redefining the work of those before them. In his foreword, Professor Stanley Wells states that â ~The essays printed here demonstrate that the future of early modern dramatic scholarship and criticism is in good hands.â The articles included are: â [ â oeSeldom Seene: Observations from Editing The Launching of the Mary, or the Seamanâ (TM)s Honest Wifeâ by Matteo Pangalloâ [ â oeThomas Heywood and the Construction of Taste in the Repertory of Queen Henriettaâ (TM)s Menâ by Eleanor Collinsâ [ â oeBawdiness, Crime and Low Characters in Late Elizabethan Comedyâ by Shelly Hsin-Yi Hsieh â [ â oePrint and Elizabethan Military Cultureâ by Dong-Ha Seoâ [ â oeActors, Audiences and Authors: The Competition for Control in Bromeâ (TM)s The Antipodesâ by Audrey Birkettâ [ â oeShakespeareâ (TM)s King Richard III: The Perverted Machiavelâ by Conny Loderâ [ â oeWomen in the Shakespearean Audience â " Recognition and Authorityâ by Brian Schneiderâ [ â oeDis-playing History: The Case of Shakespeareâ (TM)s Globeâ by Kelly Jonesâ [ â oeâ ~Ever Holy and Unstainedâ (TM) Illuminating the Feminist Cenci Through Mary Wollstonecraft and Shakespeareâ (TM)s Titus Andronicusâ by Kristine Johansanâ [ â oeNarcissus and Modernity in Shakespeareâ (TM)s Sonnetsâ by Will McKenzieâ [ â oeCowboys and Romans: Cymbeline and Paradigmatic Change in the Theatreâ by Miles Gregory