{"product_id":"twelfth-night-or-what-you-will-the-state-of-play-hardcover","title":"Twelfth Night, or What You Will the State of Play - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmma Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnn Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLena Cowen Orlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffering new insights from a range of experienced and emerging scholars, this volume analyses Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eTwelfth Night, or What You Will \u003c\/i\u003ethrough a variety of critical lenses.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion and unrequited love was a critical play for feminist readings and ideas related to cross-dressing, gender fluidity and relationships in the 1980s. Since then, it has been somewhat critically adrift. Smith's collection of essays resets the critical conversation that surrounds this play to a more contemporary idiom and provides an up-to-date reader for both professors and their students. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An interdisciplinary volume, this book gathers a range of voices and views in order to assess how transformative work on texts, identity and race has impacted \u003ci\u003eTwelfth Night\u003c\/i\u003e's standing in current Shakespeare conversations. Scholars from across the globe utilize viewpoints stemming from transgender studies, environmental studies, racial studies and queer theory, in order to provide a present-day exploration of the play's critical framework, and stimulate future conversations that arise from recent adaptations and performance traditions from beyond the anglophone sphere.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, University of Oxford, UK, where she teaches Shakespeare and early modern literature to undergraduates and graduates. Her work is mainly on Shakespeare and Renaissance dramatists. She has written extensively for an advanced student readership, as well as managed several edited collections through to successful publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290067316985,"sku":"9781350456402","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ynjiwaFbdT9781350456402.webp?v=1776276985","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/twelfth-night-or-what-you-will-the-state-of-play-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}