Victoria Bladen: 5 books

For the people of early modern England, the dividing line between the natural and supernatural worlds was both negotiable and porous - particularly when it came to issues of authority. Without a precise separation between ’science’ and ’magic’ the realm of the supernatural was a contested...

Insight Text Guides - Henry IV Part I is designed to help secondary English students understand and analyse the text. This comprehensive guide to William Shakespeare's play contains detailed character and chapter analysis and explores genre, structure, themes and language. Essay questions and sample answers help to prepare students for creating written responses to the text.

The Insight Text Guide on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure provides detailed scene-by-scene analyses as well as explanations of historical and social contexts, genre, structure, language, characters and themes. It also includes an overview of critical responses to the play and develops contrasting...

Insight Text Guides - Romeo and Juliet is designed to help secondary English students understand and analyse the text. This comprehensive study guide to William Shakespeare's play contains detailed character and chapter analysis and explores genre, structure, themes and language. Essay questions and sample answers help to prepare students for creating written responses to the text.

Ce nouvel ouvrage de la série « Shakespeare à l'écran » révèle la présence remarquable de Macbeth dans le paysage filmique shakespearien à l'échelle mondiale. Comment expliquer qu'une pièce dont l’intrigue est ancrée dans une nation, l’Écosse, ait pu être absorbée par des cultures...