by G. B. Harrison · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140136135
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«Introducing Shakespeare» is the literary criticism essay by G. B. Harrison, published by Penguin Books in paperback (240 pages, in English).
The book presents Shakespeare's historical context: the scarce biographical data, the Elizabethan political and social scene, rival theatre companies, literary plagiarism and piracy, and the design of the theatres. It reviews the canon and chronology of his works, the evolution of his style, and the work of editors with the Folios and Quartos.
Work originally published in 1939; this edition is the third, in the Penguin Literary Criticism series.
For readers of literary criticism and scholars of Elizabethan theatre, with special interest in Shakespeare.
