Shakespeare

There's so much information out about Shakespeare, it's hard to know where to start!  These books and links are a good place to begin your studies.

• Exit, pursued by a bear: Shakespeare's characters, plays, poems, history and stagecraft by Louise McConnell
• The friendly Shakespeare: a thoroughly painless guide to the best of the bard by Norrie Epstein
• The pocket companion to Shakespeare's plays by J.C. Trewin
• Shakespeare: for students. This comes in 3 titles: Book I; Book II and Book III. Each title deals with different plays.

To find additional books on the study of Shakespeare's plays try the following search:

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 - Criticism and interpretation

To find books on the study of specific Shakespearean plays try the following search, we've used King Lear as an example.  Use a keywords search and type:

• Shakespeare King Lear

There are ebook versions of Cliffs Notes study guides available for many of the plays - these are linked from the catalogue search.