Emma Smith is Fellow of Hertford College and Lecturer in English at Oxford University. Her publications include Thomas Kyd: The Spanish Tragedie (ed. 1998) and Shakespeare in Production: Henry V (2000).

"clearly designed to make friendly that enormous and daunting edifice of Shakespeare criticism. [...] extremely helful historical and generic overviews" THES[and talking about all three books together:] "Altogether, either as the source of critical thinking or as reference guides and bibliographies, these volumes will prove convenient and interesting as auhtoritatively conducted tours of their domains." THES

• Preface. Acknowledgements.1 The Development of Criticism of Shakespeare's Comedies.2 Genre.Marriage as Comic Closure.False Immortality in Measure for Measure.3 Language.Here Follows Prose.Transfer of Title in Love's Labour's Lost.4 Gender and Sexuality.Helena's Bed-trick.The Homoerotics of Shakespearian.Comedy.5 History and Politics.Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?.Bottom's Up.6 Performance.Kate: Interpreting the Silence.As You Like It.Index

Emma Smith is Fellow of Hertford College and Lecturer in English at Oxford University. Her publications include Thomas Kyd: The Spanish Tragedie (ed. 1998) and Shakespeare in Production: Henry V (2000).

"clearly designed to make friendly that enormous and daunting edifice of Shakespeare criticism. [...] extremely helful historical and generic overviews" THES[and talking about all three books together:] "Altogether, either as the source of critical thinking or as reference guides and bibliographies, these volumes will prove convenient and interesting as auhtoritatively conducted tours of their domains." THES

• Preface. Acknowledgements.1 The Development of Criticism of Shakespeare's Comedies.2 Genre.Marriage as Comic Closure.False Immortality in Measure for Measure.3 Language.Here Follows Prose.Transfer of Title in Love's Labour's Lost.4 Gender and Sexuality.Helena's Bed-trick.The Homoerotics of Shakespearian.Comedy.5 History and Politics.Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?.Bottom's Up.6 Performance.Kate: Interpreting the Silence.As You Like It.Index