The final volume in the Oxford History of English Literature Series
G. K. Hunter is Emily Sandford Professor Emeritus at Yale University.
`It makes a huge contribution...In a clear, attractive style, free
from jargon, Hunter tells the story of a protean art.'
Va Quart
`impressive, considering the sheer mass of material to be mastered
... a complex and rich work which invites discussion and
admiration.'
Gunther Walch, Shakespeare Jahrbuch Band 135/1999
`Hunter's strategy is very clever ... this latest volume of
literary history does indeed serve a purpose. It redirects
attention to a wide range of plays that are ignored in most
critical writings ... It provides a ready reference handbook of
information about plays. It throws all kinds of interesting
sidelights on the plays of Shakespeare. In addition, the book
maintains a strong narrative flow and is full of the kind of pithy
comments that provide topics
for papers and challenges for dissertations, so it should be of
great use to undergraduate students and teachers. I suspect is will
continue to be consulted long after much currently fashionable
criticism
has been displaced.'
R. A. Foakes, Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol 50, no 2, summer 1999
`Hunter's study was a long time in the making, and it represents
the mature reflections of a distinguished scholar and critic ...
His discussion is unhurried, and he quotes long passages which are
then subject to elaborate stylistic analysis ... Hunter's comments
are forceful and original'
Maurice Charney, Renaissance Quarterly
`His contribution is immensely informative and eloquently
written'
Richard McCabe, Theatre Research International Vol 24 No 2
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