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Shakespeare Studies

Shakespeare Studies is a subfield of English literary studies that focuses on the analysis, interpretation, and contextualization of William Shakespeare’s works, life, and cultural legacy, including their historical production, performance, and reception.

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454

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2017–2026

108

Variants

Shakespearean Studies

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Publications

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The Riverside Shakespeare

John Jowett, G. Blakemore Evans · The Modern Language Review · 1999 · 1.7K citations

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Forms of Nationhood: The Elizabethan Writing of England.

F. Smith Fussner, Richard Helgerson · The American Historical Review · 1993 · 768 citations

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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human

Donna R. Cheney, Harold Bloom · Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature · 1999 · 684 citations

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The acoustic world of early modern England: attending to the O-factor

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 593 citations

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Will in the world: how Shakespeare became Shakespeare

Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 566 citations

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Authors

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  1. SW
    Stanley Wells

    Royal Shakespeare Company (United Kingdom), United Kingdom

    17 publications · 655 citations

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  2. KM
    Kenneth Muir

    Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 901 citations

    12

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  3. RA
    R. A. Foakes

    Bridge University, South Sudan

    11 publications · 584 citations

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  4. GK
    G. K. Hunter

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 546 citations

    11

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  5. MD
    Margreta de Grazia

    California University of Pennsylvania, United States

    10 publications · 878 citations

    10

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Institutions

454

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    635 citations

  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    521 citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    236 citations

  4. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    210 citations

  5. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    272 citations

  6. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    590 citations

  7. The Shakespeare Association of Korea

    Seoul, South Korea

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    158 citations

  8. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    213 citations

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Venues

  1. Shakespeare Quarterly

    674 publications · 26.1K citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 397 publications · 21.1K citations

    72

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  3. The Modern Language Review

    148 publications · 8.8K citations

    46

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  4. Sixteenth Century Journal

    ESCJ · 81 publications · 4K citations

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  5. Notes and Queries

    59 publications · 1.8K citations

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